Beetle: alternatives and connections

Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion.

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Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion.

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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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A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a ca…

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One who, or that which, elates.

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Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae.

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A gable.

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Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidae); -- called also ladybug, ladyclock, lad…

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Same as Ladybird.

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Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia.

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Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidae, and to various genera of the family…

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Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are ve…

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of Beat

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Gone.

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An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.

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To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

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One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To labor; to travail.

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A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playi…

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A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playi…

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To impend or hang over.

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To impend or hang over.

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of Beetle

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A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playi…

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To impend or hang over.

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