English words for 'pinacate beetle'
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- 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
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
- (Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
- (entomology) Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"), in the suborder Heteroptera, principally in the superfamily Pentatomoidea or Coreoidea.
- Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes, which they use to discourage predators.
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
- A large beetle (Cotinis nitida) which has elytra that are velvety green with pale borders, which ranges from eastern Canada to central Texas, and which in the southern United States destroys figs.
- A beetle (Cotinis mutabilis) which ranges from central Texas across the southwestern United States and Mexico.
- A bird (Sylvia hortensis) that feeds on figs and grapes, and that people eat as a delicacy.
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 Colorado beetle or Colorado potato bug (Leptinotarsa decemlineata).
- Any of various insects that feed on or harm potato plants.
- A woodlouse, any of various terrestrial crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea.
- A Jerusalem cricket, any of various insects of the genus Stenopelmatus.
- A striped blister beetle or old-fashioned potato bug (Epicauta vittata).
- black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide
noun
- green June beetle (Cotinis nitida), of the southeastern United States
- fig-eater or figeater beetle (Cotinis mutabilis), of the western and southwestern United States
- Phyllophaga, a genus of beetles in the subfamily Melolonthinae of the family Scarabaeidae, also known as June beetles.
- ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata), of the western United States and Canada
- European chafer (Rhizotrogus majalis/Amphimallon majalis), a beetle native to continental Europe, but now also in North America
- any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
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
- A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).
- (British) The odometer of a motor vehicle.
- (slang) A face; the head.
- (uncountable) A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
- The seed head of a dandelion.
- A time clock.
- (computing, informal) A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
- (attributive) A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.
- A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
- A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.
- (electronics) An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
- a timepiece that shows the time of day
verb
- (ambitransitive, chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) To expose or attack someone, typically in a targeted and insulting manner.
- (transitive, informal, with as) To recognize; to assess, register.
- (British, slang) To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
- (transitive, informal) To identify (someone) as having some attribute (for example, being trans or gay).
- (transitive, slang) To hit (someone) heavily.
- (transitive, British, New Zealand, Australia, slang) To beat a video game.
- (transitive) To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.
- (transitive, informal) To notice; to take notice of (someone or something).
- (transitive) To measure the duration of.
- (transitive) To measure the speed of.
- measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
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
- a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses
- common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines
- A metallic-green beetle, Cetonia aurata, with a distinct V-shaped scutellum, found over central and southern Europe.
- A tan-colored beetle, Macrodactylus subspinosus, found in North America.
noun
- large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America
- someone making a search or inquiry
- a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
- A sieve or strainer.
- A customs officer responsible for searching ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
- (historical, medicine) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
- (UK, historical) An officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
- An implement for sampling butter.
- (historical, military) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities in its surface.
- (UK, historical) An officer who apprehended idlers on the street during church hours in Scotland.
- One who searches.
noun
noun
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
- (Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
- (entomology) Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"), in the suborder Heteroptera, principally in the superfamily Pentatomoidea or Coreoidea.
- Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes, which they use to discourage predators.
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
- A large beetle (Cotinis nitida) which has elytra that are velvety green with pale borders, which ranges from eastern Canada to central Texas, and which in the southern United States destroys figs.
- A beetle (Cotinis mutabilis) which ranges from central Texas across the southwestern United States and Mexico.
- A bird (Sylvia hortensis) that feeds on figs and grapes, and that people eat as a delicacy.
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 Colorado beetle or Colorado potato bug (Leptinotarsa decemlineata).
- Any of various insects that feed on or harm potato plants.
- A woodlouse, any of various terrestrial crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea.
- A Jerusalem cricket, any of various insects of the genus Stenopelmatus.
- A striped blister beetle or old-fashioned potato bug (Epicauta vittata).
- black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide
noun
- green June beetle (Cotinis nitida), of the southeastern United States
- fig-eater or figeater beetle (Cotinis mutabilis), of the western and southwestern United States
- Phyllophaga, a genus of beetles in the subfamily Melolonthinae of the family Scarabaeidae, also known as June beetles.
- ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata), of the western United States and Canada
- European chafer (Rhizotrogus majalis/Amphimallon majalis), a beetle native to continental Europe, but now also in North America
- any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
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
- A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).
- (British) The odometer of a motor vehicle.
- (slang) A face; the head.
- (uncountable) A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
- The seed head of a dandelion.
- A time clock.
- (computing, informal) A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
- (attributive) A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.
- A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
- A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.
- (electronics) An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
- a timepiece that shows the time of day
verb
- (ambitransitive, chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) To expose or attack someone, typically in a targeted and insulting manner.
- (transitive, informal, with as) To recognize; to assess, register.
- (British, slang) To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
- (transitive, informal) To identify (someone) as having some attribute (for example, being trans or gay).
- (transitive, slang) To hit (someone) heavily.
- (transitive, British, New Zealand, Australia, slang) To beat a video game.
- (transitive) To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.
- (transitive, informal) To notice; to take notice of (someone or something).
- (transitive) To measure the duration of.
- (transitive) To measure the speed of.
- measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
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
- a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses
- common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines
- A metallic-green beetle, Cetonia aurata, with a distinct V-shaped scutellum, found over central and southern Europe.
- A tan-colored beetle, Macrodactylus subspinosus, found in North America.
noun
- large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America
- someone making a search or inquiry
- a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
- A sieve or strainer.
- A customs officer responsible for searching ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
- (historical, medicine) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
- (UK, historical) An officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
- An implement for sampling butter.
- (historical, military) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities in its surface.
- (UK, historical) An officer who apprehended idlers on the street during church hours in Scotland.
- One who searches.
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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