scavenger beetle

noun

any beetle of the mostly aquatic family Hydrophilidae, having clubbed antennae and long palps, and usually feeding on decaying vegetation

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The scavenger beetle is one of the most useful of all insects, as it effectually answers the object indicated by the name.

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A pretty chief truly; you are like the scavenger beetle, and think of yourself only.

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