beetle, n.
(beetles)
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(beetles)
freq. cnt. 1
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
<noun.animal> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
beetle
semantic pointers
hypernym
member holonym
hyponym
tiger beetle
ladybug, ladybeetle, lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle
ground beetle, carabid beetle
firefly, lightning bug
long-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetle
leaf beetle, chrysomelid
carpet beetle, carpet bug
clerid beetle, clerid
lamellicorn beetle
elaterid beetle, elater, elaterid
water beetle
whirligig beetle
deathwatch beetle, deathwatch, Xestobium rufovillosum
weevil
blister beetle, meloid
bark beetle
rove beetle
Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis
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
<noun.artifact>
beetle mallet
lexical pointers
derivationally related form