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fiddle beetle

fiddle beetle noun: a Japanese carabid beetle (Carabus blaptoides).

Noun

fiddle beetle (plural fiddle beetles)

  1. A Japanese carabid beetle (Carabus blaptoides).
  2. Any of certain species of genus Mormolyce.

Forms of fiddle beetle

pluralfiddle beetles

Origin of fiddle beetle

So called from its shape.

Questions about fiddle beetle

What does fiddle beetle mean?
Fiddle beetle means a Japanese carabid beetle (Carabus blaptoides).
What part of speech is fiddle beetle?
Fiddle beetle is a noun.
What is the plural of fiddle beetle?
The plural of fiddle beetle is fiddle beetles.

Words near fiddle beetle in the dictionary

  1. fiddlah
  2. fiddle
  3. fiddle about
  4. fiddle around
  5. fiddle away
  6. fiddle beetle
  7. fiddle beetles
  8. fiddle block
  9. fiddle blocks
  10. fiddle face
  11. fiddle faces

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