staphylinid (stafilinid)

and a. rove-beetle, as a member of the Staphylinidæ. II. a. Of or pertaining to the family Staphy linidæ; staphylinine. Staphylinidæ (staf-i-lin'i-dē), n. pl. [NL. (Leach, 1817), Staphylinus