Definition of beetle

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Beetle (v. t.) A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine..

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Beetlestock :: Beetlestock (n.) The handle of a beetle.
Dorbeetle :: Dorbeetle (n.) See 1st Dor.
Hornbug :: Hornbug (n.) A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees..
Snout :: Snout (n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.
Firefly :: Firefly (n.) Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae..
Ambulator :: Ambulator (n.) A beetle of the genus Lamia.
Heteromerous :: Heteromerous (a.) Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles..
Scarabee :: Scarabee (n.) Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species (Scarabaeus sacer, and S. Egyptiorum)..
Coprophagan :: Coprophagan (n.) A kind of beetle which feeds upon dung.
Flea-beetle :: Flea-beetle (n.) A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species..
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera..
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) To beat with a heavy mallet.
Brachyptera :: Brachyptera (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.
Xylophagan :: Xylophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in wood.
Commander :: Commander (n.) A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc..
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle..
Muckworm :: Muckworm (n.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles.
Dor :: Dor (n.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock..
Sheath-winged :: Sheath-winged (a.) Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle..
Chafer :: Chafer (n.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer..
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