beetle mite

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beetle mite - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Beetle \Bee"tle\, n. [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b[imac]tel, fr.
     b[imac]tan to bite. See Bite, v. t.]
     Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the
     outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when
     they are folded up. See Coleoptera.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Beetle mite (Zool.), one of many species of mites, of the
        family Oribatid[ae], parasitic on beetles.
  
     Black beetle, the common large black cockroach (Blatta  orientalis
        ).
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