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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Ambulator :: Ambulator (n.) A beetle of the genus Lamia.
Brachelytra :: Brachelytra (n. pl.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles..
Gravedigger :: Gravedigger (n.) See Burying beetle, under Bury, v. t..
Sharded :: Sharded (a.) Having elytra, as a beetle..
Muckworm :: Muckworm (n.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles.
Mall :: Mall (n.) A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
Quadricornous :: Quadricornous (a.) Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle..
Plant-eating :: Plant-eating (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle..
Beetle :: 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..
Heteromerous :: Heteromerous (a.) Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles..
Longhorn :: Longhorn (n.) A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See Long-horned..
Weaver :: Weaver (n.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling.
Rutilian :: Rutilian (n.) Any species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Rutila and allied genera, as the spotted grapevine beetle (Pelidnota punctata)..
Beetle-headed :: Beetle-headed (a.) Dull; stupid.
Triungulus :: Triungulus (n.) The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet armed with three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of Oil beetle, under Oil..
Sheath-winged :: Sheath-winged (a.) Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle..
Palpicorn :: Palpicorn (n.) One of a group of aquatic beetles (Palpicornia) having short club-shaped antennae, and long maxillary palpi..
Xylophagan :: Xylophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in wood.
Bookworm :: Bookworm (n.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known..
Bark Beetle :: Bark beetle () A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage..
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