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Dorhawk

The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker.

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Angoumois moth unknown · 78% connection

A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, l…

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Beefeater noun · 78% connection

One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.

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Beetle verb · 78% connection

To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.

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Cannibal noun · 78% connection

A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind.

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Cantharis noun · 78% connection

A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the…

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Carnivorousness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being an animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet.; "The too obvious fact that a large portion of animals are…

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Chuck-Will's-widow noun · 78% connection

A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note.

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Clock noun · 78% connection

A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius).

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Colorado beetle unknown · 78% connection

A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original…

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Commensal noun · 78% connection

One who eats at the same table.

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Cutworm noun · 78% connection

A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and ea…

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Dor noun · 78% connection

A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to alli…

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Doryphora noun · 78% connection

A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle.

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Eat verb · 78% connection

To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.

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Eater noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, eats.

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Elater noun · 78% connection

Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of…

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Erodent noun · 78% connection

A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.

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Erosive adjective · 78% connection

That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive.

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