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beetle
noun(bee-tle)any of an order (Coleoptera) of insects having four wings of which the outer pair are modified into stiff elytra that protect the inner pair when at rest
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noun(bee-tle)any of various insects resembling a beetle
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verb(bee-tle)to scurry like a beetle
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noun(bee-tle)a heavy wooden hammering or ramming instrument
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noun(bee-tle)a wooden pestle or bat for domestic tasks
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adjective(bee-tle)being prominent and overhanging
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verb(bee-tle)project, jut
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adjective(bee-tle)having large and thick eyebrows
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noun(bee-tle)any of various small wood-boring beetles (family Scolytidae) that cultivate a fungus on which they feed and raise their larvae
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noun(bee-tle)a large long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) that is a serious pest of hardwood trees and is native to China and Korea and has been introduced into North America and Europe
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noun(bee-tle)any of numerous beetles (family Scolytidae) that bore under the bark of trees both as a larva and as an adult
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noun(bee-tle)a beetle (such as the Spanish fly) used medicinally dried and powdered to raise blisters on the skin; broadly : any of a family (Meloidae) of soft-bodied beetles whose blood contains cantharidin