Look up: beetle

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   Beetle
   The beetle is an insect of the order coleoptera.
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   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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   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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   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 peut trouver dans la farine.....--an insect of the order Coleoptera - sometimes distinguished from wee...
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   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 drive wedges, beat pavements, etc. 2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton ...
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   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 finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
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   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 outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera . Beetle mite (Zoology) , one o ...
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   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 beetling rampart, and each tower sublime. Wordsworth. »
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   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 cockroach (Blatta orientalis). ... Origin: OE. Bity ...
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    beetle
    beetling adjective jutting or overhanging; `beetle brows`
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    beetle
    noun insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
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    beetle
    verb beat with a beetle
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    beetle
    verb fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; `He beetled up the staircase`; `They beetled off home`
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    Beetle
    `Beetles` are a group of insects which have the largest number of species. They are placed in the order `Coleoptera`, which means `sheathed wing` and contains more described species than in any other order in the animal kingdom, constituting about twenty-five percent of all known life-forms. Forty percent of all described insect species are beetles (about 350,000 species), and new species are frequently discovered. Estimates put the total number ...
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    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 machine; as, to beetle cotton goods. • (v. t.) ...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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