Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carabid_beetle

1 sense of carabid beetle

Sense 1
ground beetle, carabid beetle -- (predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects)
       => beetle -- (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)