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bombardier beetle

bombardier beetle noun: a beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from multiple lineages of Carabidae (ground beetles).

bombardier beetle: a beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at...
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Noun

bombardier beetle (plural bombardier beetles)

  1. A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from multiple lineages of Carabidae (ground beetles).

Forms of bombardier beetle

pluralbombardier beetles

Questions about bombardier beetle

What does bombardier beetle mean?
Bombardier beetle means a beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from multiple lineages of Carabidae (ground beetles).
What part of speech is bombardier beetle?
Bombardier beetle is a noun.
What is the plural of bombardier beetle?
The plural of bombardier beetle is bombardier beetles.

Words near bombardier beetle in the dictionary

  1. bombardelle
  2. bombardelles
  3. bombarder
  4. bombarders
  5. bombardier
  6. bombardier beetle
  7. bombardier beetles
  8. bombardiers
  9. bombarding
  10. bombardings
  11. bombardman

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