ironclad beetle

English

Etymology

From ironclad +‎ beetle, from their especially hard exoskeletons.

Noun

ironclad beetle (plural ironclad beetles)

  1. Any beetle of the subfamily Zopherinae which have exceedingly durable exoskeletons.
    Hypernym: zopherid

References

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