insect - small air-breathing arthropod

Coleoptera, order Coleoptera - beetles

tiger beetle - active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects

lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybug - small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

carabid beetle, ground beetle - predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects

lightning bug, firefly - nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs

long-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetle - long-bodied beetle having very long antennae

chrysomelid, leaf beetle - brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems

carpet beetle, carpet bug - small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics

clerid, clerid beetle - predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic

lamellicorn beetle - beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments

elater, elaterid, elaterid beetle - any of various widely distributed beetles

water beetle - any of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimming

whirligig beetle - aquatic beetle that circles rapidly on the water surface

deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, deathwatch - bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death

weevil - any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout weevils and seed weevils

blister beetle, meloid - beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin

bark beetle - small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils

rove beetle - active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits

Anoplophora glabripennis, Asian longhorned beetle - a beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees; lives inside the tree; no natural predators in the United States

carpenter's mallet - a short-handled mallet with a wooden head used to strike a chisel or wedge

gavel - a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge

hammer - a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

hang - be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall"

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"

protrusive - thrusting outward