clock-been.Scottishrare a beetle.Now chiefly in lists of alternative names for beetles.
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1808 J. JamiesonEtymol. Dict. Sc. Lang.Clock-bee, a species of beetle; also called the fleeing golach, S. B. from E. clock a beetle, and bee, because it flies.
1922 T. S. CairncrossScot at Hame 65 Or he'll clout ye there-and-then Like a big, begrut clock-bee.