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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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..
Shard :: Shard (n.) The hard wing case of a beetle.
Subumbonal :: Subulipalp (n.) One of a group of carabid beetles having slender palpi.
Bullhead :: Bullhead (n.) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.
Water Tiger :: Water tiger () A diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle. See Illust. b of Water beetle..
Goliath Beetle :: Goliath beetle () Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles..
Longicornia :: Longicornia (n. pl.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennae are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust..
Scaraboid :: Scaraboid (n.) A scaraboid beetle.
Commander :: Commander (n.) A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc..
Brachyptera :: Brachyptera (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.
Beetlehead :: Beetlehead (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover..
Weaver :: Weaver (n.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling.
Unicorn :: Unicorn (n.) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.
Click Beetle :: Click beetle () See Elater.
Beetle-headed :: Beetle-headed (a.) Dull; stupid.
Snapper :: Snapper (n.) A snap beetle.
Scaraboid :: Scaraboid (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles..
Elytroid :: Elytroid (a.) Resembling a beetle's wing case.
Dorr :: Dorr (n.) The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor..
Grub :: Grub (n.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith..
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