carabid beetle

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carabid beetle - predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insectsground beetlebeetle - insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wingsCarabidae, family Carabidae - ground beetlesbombardier beetle - beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbedcalosoma - any beetle of the genus Calosoma