| beetle | (adjective) jutting or overhanging | Synonyms: beetling |
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| (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 | Synonyms: mallet |
| (verb) beat with a beetle | - |
| (verb) fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle | - |
| (verb) be suspended over or hang over | Synonyms: overhang |
| blackbeetle | (noun) dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution | Synonyms: Asiatic cockroach, Blatta orientalis, oriental cockroach, oriental roach |
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| dorbeetle | (noun) Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound | - |
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| ladybeetle | (noun) small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | Synonyms: lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybug |
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