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noun
- A black scarab beetle, later specifically the African black beetle (Heteronychus arator), a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.
- (New Zealand) A similar roach native to New Zealand, of species Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae (syn. Platyzosteria novaeseelandia); the Māori bug.
- A member of the European species Pterostichus nigrita (syn. Feronia nigrita).
- An Asiatic rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros), a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.
- (UK) The oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis), a large roach from the family Blattidae.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, beetle.
noun
- Ellipsis of whirligig beetle.
- Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.
- (historical) A device for punishing prisoners, comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around to induce nausea.
- A device incorporating spinning, wind-driven propellers or pinwheels, used as whimsical outdoor decoration in a garden or on a porch.
- a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
- a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement
verb
noun
- Any of the true dung beetles of subfamily Scarabaeinae.
- Any of the beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles), especially of the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae, noted for rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers.
- any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs
noun
- A tiger beetle.
- Any of the three Australian species of black-and-yellow striped dragonflies of the genus Ictinogomphus.
- A male tiger; as opposed to a tigress.
- Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
- (inexact) A Tasmanian tiger, †Thylacinus cynocephalus.
- (inexact) A sabre-toothed tiger (any felid in subfamily †Machairodontinae).
- A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
- (heraldry) A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms.
- A final shouted phrase, accompanied by a jump or outstretched arms, at the end of a cheer.
- (US, slang) A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.
- (figurative) A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person.
- (South Africa, dated but still used) A leopard.
- A tiger moth in the family Arctiidae.
- A tiger butterfly in tribe Danaini, especially subtribe Danaina.
- A relatively small country or group of countries with a fast-growing economy.
- large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
- a fierce or audacious person
noun
noun
- any of various widely distributed beetles
- (botany) Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).
- (botany) A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings.
- That which elates.
- (zoology) An elaterid, or click beetle.
verb
adj
noun
- 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 smoothing
- insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
- A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
- Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”).
- (uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
noun
- (entomology) A bombardier beetle.
- An artilleryman; a gunner.
- (Canada, British) A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
- (Canada, US) A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
- the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
- a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
noun
- A snap beetle (family Elateridae).
- (US) A small bluefish.
- One who, or that which, snaps.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
- (US) Small, paper-wrapped item containing a minute quantity of explosive composition coated on small bits of sand, which explodes noisily when thrown onto a hard surface.
- (slang, entertainment) A punchline.
- (US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
- (slang) The vulva.
- (Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.
- (historical) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
- (US, informal) The snapping turtle.
- (American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
- (slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
- (US, colloquial) A string bean.
- A stumble, a trip.
- (US politics, historical) A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.
- An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up.
- large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
- any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
- a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
- flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
verb
noun
- The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
- The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
- The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
- (derogatory) A person's nose.
- The terminus of a glacier.
- (British, slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
- (slang) A police informer.
- A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.
- The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
- beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
- informal terms for the nose
- a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
verb
noun
- Any of several unrelated beetles whose larvae attack the branches of trees.
- A person who prunes.
- A tool used for pruning, especially a pair of pruning shears.
- a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees
- a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs
noun
- An elaterid; a click beetle.
- A leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
- Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna:
- A saurel (Trachurus spp.)
- An alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
- A jurel (Caranx or Trachurus)
- A threadfish (Alectis spp.)
- A saury (Scomberesocidae spp.)
- A skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
- A common bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
- A bonito (Sarda spp. etc.)
- A runner (Elagatis pinnulatis)
- A cutlass fish (Trichiuridae spp.)
- A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
- A butterfish
- able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
- medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
- oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
noun
noun
- A black scarab beetle, later specifically the African black beetle (Heteronychus arator), a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.
- (New Zealand) A similar roach native to New Zealand, of species Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae (syn. Platyzosteria novaeseelandia); the Māori bug.
- A member of the European species Pterostichus nigrita (syn. Feronia nigrita).
- An Asiatic rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros), a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.
- (UK) The oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis), a large roach from the family Blattidae.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, beetle.
noun
- Ellipsis of whirligig beetle.
- Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.
- (historical) A device for punishing prisoners, comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around to induce nausea.
- A device incorporating spinning, wind-driven propellers or pinwheels, used as whimsical outdoor decoration in a garden or on a porch.
- a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
- a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement
verb
noun
- Any of the true dung beetles of subfamily Scarabaeinae.
- Any of the beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles), especially of the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae, noted for rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers.
- any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs
noun
- A tiger beetle.
- Any of the three Australian species of black-and-yellow striped dragonflies of the genus Ictinogomphus.
- A male tiger; as opposed to a tigress.
- Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
- (inexact) A Tasmanian tiger, †Thylacinus cynocephalus.
- (inexact) A sabre-toothed tiger (any felid in subfamily †Machairodontinae).
- A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
- (heraldry) A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms.
- A final shouted phrase, accompanied by a jump or outstretched arms, at the end of a cheer.
- (US, slang) A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.
- (figurative) A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person.
- (South Africa, dated but still used) A leopard.
- A tiger moth in the family Arctiidae.
- A tiger butterfly in tribe Danaini, especially subtribe Danaina.
- A relatively small country or group of countries with a fast-growing economy.
- large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
- a fierce or audacious person
noun
noun
- any of various widely distributed beetles
- (botany) Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).
- (botany) A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings.
- That which elates.
- (zoology) An elaterid, or click beetle.
noun
- (entomology) A bombardier beetle.
- An artilleryman; a gunner.
- (Canada, British) A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
- (Canada, US) A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
- the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
- a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
noun
- A snap beetle (family Elateridae).
- (US) A small bluefish.
- One who, or that which, snaps.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
- (US) Small, paper-wrapped item containing a minute quantity of explosive composition coated on small bits of sand, which explodes noisily when thrown onto a hard surface.
- (slang, entertainment) A punchline.
- (US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
- (slang) The vulva.
- (Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.
- (historical) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
- (US, informal) The snapping turtle.
- (American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
- (slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
- (US, colloquial) A string bean.
- A stumble, a trip.
- (US politics, historical) A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.
- An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up.
- large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
- any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
- a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
- flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
verb
noun
- The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
- The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
- The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
- (derogatory) A person's nose.
- The terminus of a glacier.
- (British, slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
- (slang) A police informer.
- A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.
- The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
- beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
- informal terms for the nose
- a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
verb
noun
- Any of several unrelated beetles whose larvae attack the branches of trees.
- A person who prunes.
- A tool used for pruning, especially a pair of pruning shears.
- a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees
- a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs
noun
- An elaterid; a click beetle.
- A leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
- Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna:
- A saurel (Trachurus spp.)
- An alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
- A jurel (Caranx or Trachurus)
- A threadfish (Alectis spp.)
- A saury (Scomberesocidae spp.)
- A skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
- A common bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
- A bonito (Sarda spp. etc.)
- A runner (Elagatis pinnulatis)
- A cutlass fish (Trichiuridae spp.)
- A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
- A butterfish
- able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
- medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
- oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
noun
verb
adj
noun
- 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 smoothing
- insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
- A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
- Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”).
- (uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
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