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black beetle

black beetle noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, beetle.

Noun

black beetle (plural black beetles)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, beetle.
  2. A black scarab beetle, later specifically the African black beetle (Heteronychus arator), a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.
  3. (UK) The oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis), a large roach from the family Blattidae.
    • ‘I'm not afwaid of anything except black-beetles,’ said the Pussum […].1921, DH Lawrence, Women in Love, Vintage, published 2008, page 65
  4. (New Zealand) A similar roach native to New Zealand, of species Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae (syn. Platyzosteria novaeseelandia); the Māori bug.
    Synonyms:
    Māori bug
  5. An Asiatic rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros), a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.
  6. A member of the European species Pterostichus nigrita (syn. Feronia nigrita).

black beetle meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

black beetle in Tamil

கம்பிச்சரவீணை, கானகத்தீதம், அலங்கிதம், கதண்டு, கட்டானக்கால், சரவீணை

black beetle in Malayalam

black beetle
അളി aḷi

Synonyms of black beetle

Forms of black beetle

pluralblack beetles
alternative formblackbeetle
alternative formblack-beetle

Words formed from black beetle

  • Darwin's black beetle
  • African black beetle

Questions about black beetle

What does black beetle mean?
Black beetle means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, beetle.
What is black beetle in Tamil?
Black beetle in Tamil is கம்பிச்சரவீணை, கானகத்தீதம், அலங்கிதம். See Black beetle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is black beetle?
Black beetle is a noun.
What is the plural of black beetle?
The plural of black beetle is black beetles.

Words near black beetle in the dictionary

  1. black bee
  2. black beech
  3. black beer
  4. black beers
  5. black bees
  6. black beetle
  7. black beetles
  8. black belt
  9. black belts
  10. black bile
  11. black bindweed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: black beetle (page history and authors); black beetle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അളി (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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