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1. Beetle
   Beetle is British slang for to hurry.
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2. beetle
   [adj] - jutting or overhanging 2. [n] - insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings 3. [v] - fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle 4. [v] - beat with a beetle
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3. Beetle
   An insect with two pairs of wings, the front pair are hardened to cover the rear pair when folded. Most are beneficial and vary in size from under 1mm to over 60 mm. There are almost 4000 species in the UK.
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4. beetle
   To produce a firm,closed,and lustrous fabric of cellulosic material,particularly linen or cotton,by subjecting the damp cloth,batched on a wooden or metal beam or roller,to repeated blows of wooden or metal hammers or fallers. Category: Various industries and crafts • insecte que l`on pe...
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5. Beetle
   Bee'tle (bē't'l) noun [ Middle English betel , Anglo-Saxon bītl , b...tl , mallet, hammer, from beátan to beat. See Beat , transitive verb ] 1. A heavy mallet, used to d...
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6. Beetle
   Bee'tle (bē't'l) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Beetled (-t'ld); present participle & verbal noun Beetling .] 1. To beat with a heavy mallet. 2. To f...
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7. Beetle
   Bee'tle noun [ Middle English bityl , bittle , Anglo-Saxon bītel , from bītan to bite. See Bite , transitive verb ] Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the oute...
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8. Beetle
   Bee'tle intransitive verb [ See Beetlebrowed .] To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut. « To the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea. Shak. » « Each ...
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9. beetle
   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. ... <zoology> Beetle mite, one of many species of mites, of the family Oribatidae, parasitic on beetles. Black beetle, the common large black...
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10. beetle
    beetling adjective jutting or overhanging; `beetle brows`
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11. beetle
    noun insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
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12. beetle
    verb beat with a beetle
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13. beetle
    verb fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; `He beetled up the staircase`; `They beetled off home`
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14. Beetle
    • (v. t.) To beat with a heavy mallet. • (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. • (v. t.) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling ma...
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15. beetle
    (from the article `hand tool`) `Hammer` is used here in a general sense to cover the wide variety of striking tools distinguished by other names, such as pounder, beetle, mallet, ...
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16. Beetle
    (from the article `Mulberry`) Each Mulberry harbour consisted of roughly 6 miles (10 km) of flexible steel roadways (code-named Whales) that floated on steel or concrete pontoons ...
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17. beetle
    any of more than 350,000 species of insects, making it the largest order in the animal kingdom. Beetles are principally characterized by their ...
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18. Beetle
    Beetle is British slang for to hurry.
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19. beetle
    beetle, common name for insects of the order Coleoptera, which, with more than 300,000 described species, is the largest of the insect orders. Beetles have chewing mouthparts and well-developed antennae. They are characterized by a front pair of hard, opaque, waterproof wings called elytra, which us...
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20. Beetle
    Beetle is a general term for insects of the order Coleoptera. There are known to be over 370,000 species of beetle, outnumbering all the known species of vascular plants, and six species of beetle for every one vertebrate, with an estimated five million more species yet to be discovered.
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21. Beetle
    Beetle is an old indoor family game now popular at fund raising evenings or 'beetle drives'. The game is played by a number of players, using a dice and paper and pencil. The idea is to be the first to complete a stylised drawing of a beetle, each of six components corresponding to a number between ...
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22. beetle
    Common name of insects in the order Coleoptera (Greek `sheath-winged`) with leathery forewings folding down in a protective sheath over the membranous hindwings, which are those used for flight. They pass through a complete metamorphosis. They include some of the largest and smallest of all insects: the largest is the Hercules bee...
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23. Beetle
    ) is an order of insects commonly called `beetles`. The word "coleoptera" is from the πτερόν-->, pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms.<r...
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24. Beetle
    (ASIC) The `Beetle ASIC` is an analog readout chip. It is developed for the LHCb experiment at CERN. Overview: The chip integrates 128 channels with low-noise charge-sensitive pre-amplifiers and shapers. The pulse shape can be chosen such that it complies with LHCb specifications: a peaking t...
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25. Beetle
    (game) `Beetle` is a British party game in which one draws a beetle in parts. The game may be played solely with pen, paper and a die or using a commercial game set, some of which contain custom scorepads and dice and others which contain pieces which snap together to make a beetle/bug. It is...
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