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scavenger beetle
noun
- any beetle of the mostly aquatic family Hydrophilidae, having clubbed antennae and long palps, and usually feeding on decaying vegetation
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The scavenger beetle is one of the most useful of all insects, as it effectually answers the object indicated by the name.
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A pretty chief truly; you are like the scavenger beetle, and think of yourself only.
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A pretty chief, truly; you are like the scavenger-beetle, and think of yourself only; you have not the heart of a chief.
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The water-scavenger beetle (Fig. 69), so called because of its appetite for decayed matter, is common in many ponds.
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No water insect except the big scavenger beetle can begin to compare in size with the giant water-bug (Fig. 73).
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