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| beetle2 |
to use a beetle on. [1/3 definitions] |
| boll weevil |
a small, grayish beetle with a long snout, whose larvae hatch in and destroy cotton bolls. |
| coleopteran |
a beetle or weevil. [1/2 definitions] |
| Colorado beetle |
a black and yellow beetle that eats potatoes and other plants. |
| glowworm |
any of several insects of the beetle family with abdominal organs that give off light, such as the larvae or wingless females of the firefly. |
| grub |
the slow-moving, wormlike larva of a beetle or similar insect. [1/8 definitions] |
| Japanese beetle |
a shiny green and brown beetle, originally from Asia, that eats the leaves, fruits, flowers, and roots of plants. |
| potato beetle |
a small black and yellow beetle that is harmful to potatoes and other crops; Colorado beetle. |
| rose chafer |
a long-legged gray beetle that feeds on and damages roses and other plants; rose bug; rose beetle. |
| scarab |
a small carving made to look like such a beetle, and used in ancient Egypt as a charm. [1/2 definitions] |
| shard |
the tough wing case of a beetle. [1/2 definitions] |
| Spanish fly |
a potentially dangerous powder made by grinding a species of European blister beetle and formerly used as a diuretic or aphrodisiac. [2 definitions] |
| weevil |
any of numerous beetles with a long head that curves downward forming a snout, and that feeds on plants and plant products such as fruits, nuts, grain, cotton, or the like; snout beetle. |
| whirligig |
a whirligig beetle. [1/3 definitions] |
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