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scavenger beetle
scav·en·ger bee·tle (plural scav·en·ger bee·tles)


noun 
Definition:
 
water beetle feeding on decaying vegetation: a dark oval-shaped beetle that lives in water and feeds on decaying vegetation. Family Hydrophilidae.
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