noun
Meaning 1
Any of a large cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carabid
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
ground beetle
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noun
Meaning 2
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ground, beetle.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carabid beetle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beetle
Narrower terms: bombardier beetle, calosoma
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: жужаль (žužalʹ) — any carabid beetle
- Chinese Mandarin: 步行蟲 /步行虫 (bùxíngchóng) — any carabid beetle
- Chinese Mandarin: 步甲 (bùjiǎ) — any carabid beetle
- Czech: střevlík — any carabid beetle
- Danish: løbebille — any carabid beetle
- Estonian: jooksiklane — any carabid beetle
- Finnish: maakiitäjäinen — any carabid beetle
- French: carabe — any carabid beetle
- German: Laufkäfer — any carabid beetle
- Ido: karabo — any carabid beetle
- Japanese: 長虫 (osamushi) — any carabid beetle
- Kabuverdianu: kutubenben — any carabid beetle
- Korean: 딱정벌레 (ttakjeongbeolle) — any carabid beetle
- Latin: carabida — any carabid beetle
- Polish: biegaczowate — any carabid beetle
- Portuguese: carabídeo — any carabid beetle
- Portuguese: besouro-carabídeo — any carabid beetle
- Russian: жу́желица (žúželica) — any carabid beetle
- Slovak: bystruška — any carabid beetle
- Spanish: carábido — any carabid beetle
- Swedish: jordlöpare — any carabid beetle
- Tagalog: sumbang-tae — any carabid beetle
- Turkish: karafatma — any carabid beetle
- Turkish: ağılı böcek — any carabid beetle