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bakukang [ba.ku.kang.] : beetle (n.) [insekto]; rhinoceros beetle (n.)

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beetle
n. (animal)1. beetleinsect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings.
~ insectsmall air-breathing arthropod.
~ coleoptera, order coleopterabeetles.
~ tiger beetleactive usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects.
~ lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybugsmall round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests.
~ carabid beetle, ground beetlepredacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects.
~ lightning bug, fireflynocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs.
~ long-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetlelong-bodied beetle having very long antennae.
~ chrysomelid, leaf beetlebrightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems.
~ carpet beetle, carpet bugsmall beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics.
~ clerid, clerid beetlepredacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic.
~ lamellicorn beetlebeetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments.
~ elater, elaterid, elaterid beetleany of various widely distributed beetles.
~ water beetleany of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimming.
~ whirligig beetleaquatic beetle that circles rapidly on the water surface.
~ deathwatch beetle, xestobium rufovillosum, deathwatchbores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death.
~ weevilany of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles.
~ blister beetle, meloidbeetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin.
~ bark beetlesmall beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils.
~ rove beetleactive beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits.
~ anoplophora glabripennis, asian longhorned beetlea 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.
n. (artifact)2. beetle, malleta 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.
~ carpenter's malleta short-handled mallet with a wooden head used to strike a chisel or wedge.
~ gavela small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge.
~ hammera hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking.
v. (stative)3. beetle, overhangbe suspended over or hang over.; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
~ hangbe suspended or hanging.; "The flag hung on the wall"
v. (motion)4. beetlefly or go in a manner resembling a beetle.; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"
~ go, locomote, move, travelchange 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"
v. (contact)5. beetlebeat with a beetle.
~ beathit repeatedly.; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
adj. 6. beetle, beetlingjutting or overhanging.; "beetle brows"
~ protrusivethrusting outward.
rhinoceros beetle
n. (animal)1. rhinoceros beetleany of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts.
~ scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetleany of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes.