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bee·tle¹

B0158200 (bēt′l)n.1. Any of numerous insects of the order Coleoptera, having biting or chewing mouthparts and forewings modified to form horny coverings that protect the underlying pair of membranous hind wings when at rest.2. An insect resembling a member of the order Coleoptera.intr.v. bee·tled, bee·tling, bee·tles To make one's way or move like a beetle: "Chambermaids ... beetled from bedroom to bedroom loaded with ... champagne" (Vanity Fair).

[Middle English betil, from Old English bitela, from bītan, to bite; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]

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B0158200 (bēt′l)adj. Jutting; overhanging: beetle brows.intr.v. bee·tled, bee·tling, bee·tles To jut; overhang: "The rocks often beetled over the road" (Washington Irving).

[Back-formation from Middle English bitel-brouwed , beetle-browed; see beetle-browed.]

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B0158200 (bēt′l)n.1. A heavy mallet with a large wooden head.2. A small wooden household mallet.3. A machine with revolving wooden hammers that gives fabrics a lustrous sheen.

[Middle English betel, from Old English bȳtl; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.]

beetle

(ˈbiːtəl) n1. (Animals) any insect of the order Coleoptera, having biting mouthparts and forewings modified to form shell-like protective elytra. 2. (Games, other than specified) a game played with dice in which the players draw or assemble a beetle-shaped formvb (intr; foll by along, off, etc) informal to scuttle or scurry; hurry[Old English bitela; related to bitol teeth, bit, bītan to bite]

beetle

(ˈbiːtəl) n1. (Tools) a heavy hand tool, usually made of wood, used for ramming, pounding, or beating2. (Textiles) a machine used to finish cloth by stamping it with wooden hammersvb (tr) 3. (Tools) to beat or pound with a beetle4. (Textiles) to finish (cloth) by means of a beetle[Old English bīetel, from bēatan to beat; related to Middle Low German bētel chisel, Old Norse beytill penis]

beetle

(ˈbiːtəl) vb (intr) to overhang; jutadjoverhanging; prominent[C14: perhaps related to beetle¹] ˈbeetling adj

bee•tle¹

(ˈbit l)

n., v. -tled, -tling. n. 1. any of numerous insects of the order Coleoptera, characterized by hard, horny forewings that cover and protect the membranous flight wings. 2. (loosely) any of various insects resembling a beetle, as a cockroach. v.i. 3. Chiefly Brit. to move quickly; scurry. [before 900; Middle English betylle, bityl, Old English bitela]

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(ˈbit l)

n. a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usu. of wood. [before 900; Middle English betel, Old English bētl, bȳtel hammer (c. Middle Low German bētel chisel)] bee′tler, n.

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(ˈbit l)

adj., v. -tled, -tling. adj. 1. projecting; overhanging: beetle brows. v.i. 2. to project or overhang. [1325–75]

bee·tle

(bēt′l) Any of numerous insects having biting mouthparts and hard forewings that cover the hind wings straight down the back when at rest. Beetles vary in size from nearly microscopic to several inches in length. See Note at biomass.

beetle

Past participle: beetled
Gerund: beetling

Imperative
beetle
beetle

Present
I beetle
you beetle
he/she/it beetles
we beetle
you beetle
they beetle

Preterite
I beetled
you beetled
he/she/it beetled
we beetled
you beetled
they beetled

Present Continuous
I am beetling
you are beetling
he/she/it is beetling
we are beetling
you are beetling
they are beetling

Present Perfect
I have beetled
you have beetled
he/she/it has beetled
we have beetled
you have beetled
they have beetled

Past Continuous
I was beetling
you were beetling
he/she/it was beetling
we were beetling
you were beetling
they were beetling

Past Perfect
I had beetled
you had beetled
he/she/it had beetled
we had beetled
you had beetled
they had beetled

Future
I will beetle
you will beetle
he/she/it will beetle
we will beetle
you will beetle
they will beetle

Future Perfect
I will have beetled
you will have beetled
he/she/it will have beetled
we will have beetled
you will have beetled
they will have beetled

Future Continuous
I will be beetling
you will be beetling
he/she/it will be beetling
we will be beetling
you will be beetling
they will be beetling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been beetling
you have been beetling
he/she/it has been beetling
we have been beetling
you have been beetling
they have been beetling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been beetling
you will have been beetling
he/she/it will have been beetling
we will have been beetling
you will have been beetling
they will have been beetling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been beetling
you had been beetling
he/she/it had been beetling
we had been beetling
you had been beetling
they had been beetling

Conditional
I would beetle
you would beetle
he/she/it would beetle
we would beetle
you would beetle
they would beetle

Past Conditional
I would have beetled
you would have beetled
he/she/it would have beetled
we would have beetled
you would have beetled
they would have beetled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	beetle - insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wingsinsect - small air-breathing arthropodColeoptera, order Coleoptera - beetlestiger beetle - active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insectslady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybug - small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pestscarabid beetle, ground beetle - predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insectslightning bug, firefly - nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organslong-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetle - long-bodied beetle having very long antennaechrysomelid, leaf beetle - brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stemscarpet beetle, carpet bug - small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabricsclerid, clerid beetle - predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metalliclamellicorn beetle - beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segmentselater, elaterid, elaterid beetle - any of various widely distributed beetleswater beetle - any of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimmingwhirligig beetle - aquatic beetle that circles rapidly on the water surfacedeathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, deathwatch - bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage deathweevil - any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetlesblister beetle, meloid - beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skinbark beetle - small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevilsrove beetle - active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habitsAnoplophora glabripennis, Asian longhorned beetle - a beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees; lives inside the tree; no natural predators in the United States
	2.	beetle - 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 smoothingmalletcarpenter's mallet - a short-handled mallet with a wooden head used to strike a chisel or wedgegavel - a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judgehammer - a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
Verb	1.	beetle - be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"overhanghang - be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall"
	2.	beetle - fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
	3.	beetle - beat with a beetlebeat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
Adj.	1.	beetle - jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows"beetlingprotrusive - thrusting outward

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Beetles

ambrosia beetle, Asiatic beetle, bacon beetle, bark beetle, bee beetle, black beetle, blister beetle, bloody-nosed beetle, boll weevil, bombadier beetle, burying beetle or sexton, cabinet beetle, cardinal beetle, carpet beetle or (U.S.) carpet bug, carrion beetle, chafer, Christmas beetle, churchyard beetle, click beetle, snapping beetle, or skipjack, cockchafer, May beetle, or May bug, Colorado beetle or potato beetle, curculio, deathwatch beetle, devil's coach-horse, diving beetle, dor, dung beetle or chafer, elater, firefly, flea beetle, furniture beetle, glow-worm, gold beetle or goldbug, goldsmith beetle, goliath beetle, ground beetle, Hercules beetle, huhu, Japanese beetle, June bug, June beetle, May bug, or May beetle, ladybird or (U.S. & Canad.) ladybug, larder beetle, leaf beetle, leather beetle, longicorn (beetle) or long-horned beetle, May beetle, cockchafer, or June bug, museum beetle, oil beetle, pill beetle, rhinoceros beetle, rose chafer or rose beetle, rove beetle, scarab, scavenger beetle, snapping beetle, snout beetle, soldier beetle, Spanish fly, stag beetle, tiger beetle, timberman beetle, tortoise beetle, vedalia, water beetle, weevil or snout beetle, weevil, pea weevil, or bean weevil, whirligig beetle

beetle

verbTo curve outward past the normal or usual limit:bag, balloon, belly, bulge, jut, overhang, pouch, project, protrude, protuberate, stand out, stick out.

Translations

甲虫

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(ˈbiːtl) noun an insect with four wings. 甲虫

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beetle,

common name for insectsinsect,
invertebrate animal of the class Insecta of the phylum Arthropoda. Like other arthropods, an insect has a hard outer covering, or exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed legs. Adult insects typically have wings and are the only flying invertebrates.
..... Click the link for more information. 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 usually meet in a straight line down the middle of the back. The elytra cover the rear pair of membranous flight wings, protecting them and the body from mechanical damage and desiccation. Beetles are poor flyers compared with many other insects, but they are well adapted for surviving rigorous conditions. They are found everywhere except in oceans and near the poles, and they occupy nearly every kind of habitat. Most are terrestrial, but some are underground tunnelers and some live in water. These water beetleswater beetle,
name for aquatic beetles of several families. They should not be confused with water bugs, which are true bugs (order Hemiptera). The predaceous diving beetles (family Dytiscidae) are a large group, widespread in quiet streams and ponds.
..... Click the link for more information. are often confused with water bugs, but the latter all have sucking mouthparts. Beetles range in size from under 1-32 in. (1 mm) to over 6 in. (15 cm) long; tropical species are the largest. Most are dull, but members of several beetle families are brilliantly colored, some with a metallic or iridescent sheen. The majority of beetles are plant eaters, but there are also many predators and scavengers and a few parasites. Many beetles are highly destructive pests of crops and gardens (e.g., Japanese beetleJapanese beetle,
common name for a destructive beetle, Popillia japonica, of the scarab beetle family. Accidentally imported to the United States from Japan, it was first discovered in New Jersey in 1916 and is now widespread in the northeastern states, where it is a
..... Click the link for more information. , potato beetlepotato beetle,
name for two beetles of the leaf beetle family and for two of the blister beetle family, all destructive to the potato plant and its relatives. Most notorious is the Colorado potato beetle, or potato bug (Leptinotarsa decemlineata
..... Click the link for more information. , boll weevilboll weevil
or cotton boll weevil
, cotton-eating weevil, or snout beetle, Anthonomus grandis. Probably of Mexican or Central American origin, it appeared in Texas about 1892 and spread to most cotton-growing regions of the United States.
..... Click the link for more information. ), but others are beneficial predators of harmful insects (e.g., ladybird beetlesladybird beetle
or ladybug,
member of a cosmopolitan beetle family with over 4,000 species, including 350 species in the United States. Ladybird beetles are mostly under 1-4 in. (6 mm) long and are nearly hemispherical in shape, with very short legs.
..... Click the link for more information. ). The largest of the many beetle families is the scarab beetlescarab beetle
or scarab,
name for members of a large family of heavy-bodied, oval beetles (the Scarabaeidae), with about 30,000 species distributed throughout most of the world and over 1,200 in North America.
..... Click the link for more information. family, with over 20,000 species; among these are the dung beetles, which are invaluable scavengers. Weevilsweevil,
common name for certain beetles of the snout beetle family (Curculionidae), small, usually dull-colored, hard-bodied insects. The mouthparts of snout beetles are modified into down-curved snouts, or beaks, adapted for boring into plants; the jaws are at the end of the
..... Click the link for more information. are plant-eating beetles with mouthparts elongated into snouts bearing jaws at their ends. The firefliesfirefly
or lightning bug,
small, luminescent, carnivorous beetle of the family Lampyridae. Fireflies are well represented in temperate regions, although the majority of species are tropical and subtropical.
..... Click the link for more information. are luminescent beetles. Blister beetlesblister beetle,
common name for certain soft-bodied, usually black or brown, mostly elongate and cylindrical beetles belonging to the family Meloidae. Blister beetles are common insects found feeding on the flowers and foliage of various plants. Occasionally some, e.g.
..... Click the link for more information. , including the so-called Spanish fly, produce irritating secretions. Beetles are classified in the phylum ArthropodaArthropoda
[Gr.,=jointed feet], largest and most diverse animal phylum. The arthropods include crustaceans, insects, centipedes, millipedes, spiders, scorpions, and the extinct trilobites.
..... Click the link for more information. , class Insecta, order Coleoptera.

beetle

[′bēd·əl] (engineering) rammer (invertebrate zoology) The common name given to members of the insect order Coleoptera. (mining engineering) A powerful, cable-hauled propulsion unit, operated under remote control, for moving a train of wagons at the mine surface.

beetle

A heavy mallet or rammer; used for driving stones into pavement, for driving wedges, etc.; a maul.

beetle

¹1. any insect of the order Coleoptera, having biting mouthparts and forewings modified to form shell-like protective elytra 2. a game played with dice in which the players draw or assemble a beetle-shaped form

beetle

²1. a heavy hand tool, usually made of wood, used for ramming, pounding, or beating 2. a machine used to finish cloth by stamping it with wooden hammers

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verb to curve outward past the normal or usual limit

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noun insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

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noun a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden)

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verb be suspended over or hang over

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verb fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle

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verb beat with a beetle

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adj jutting or overhanging

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