'Beetle mite' definitions:
Definition of 'Beetle mite'
From: GCIDE
- 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}). [1913 Webster]