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bombardier beetles

bombardier beetles is the plural of bombardier beetle.

Meaning of bombardier beetle

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).

Questions about bombardier beetles

What is bombardier beetles the plural of?
Bombardier beetles is the plural of bombardier beetle.

Words near bombardier beetles in the dictionary

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

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