beetle
/bˈitʌl/
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows"
Noun
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
Noun
a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
Verb
be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
Verb
fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"
Verb
beat with a beetle
More Specific Terms
Anoplophora glabripennis
Asian longhorned beetle
bark beetle
blister beetle
carabid beetle
carpenter''s mallet
carpet beetle
carpet bug
chrysomelid
clerid
clerid beetle
deathwatch
deathwatch beetle
elater
elaterid
elaterid beetle
firefly
gavel
ground beetle
lady beetle
ladybeetle
ladybird
ladybird beetle
ladybug
lamellicorn beetle
leaf beetle
lightning bug
long-horned beetle
longicorn
longicorn beetle
meloid
rove beetle
tiger beetle
water beetle
weevil
whirligig beetle
Xestobium rufovillosum