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oil beetle

oil beetle noun: any of the genus Meloe of blister beetles, which release oily droplets of toxic hemolymph from their joints when disturbed.

Noun

oil beetle (plural oil beetles)

  1. Any of the genus Meloe of blister beetles, which release oily droplets of toxic hemolymph from their joints when disturbed.

Forms of oil beetle

pluraloil beetles

Questions about oil beetle

What does oil beetle mean?
Oil beetle means any of the genus Meloe of blister beetles, which release oily droplets of toxic hemolymph from their joints when disturbed.
What part of speech is oil beetle?
Oil beetle is a noun.
What is the plural of oil beetle?
The plural of oil beetle is oil beetles.

Words near oil beetle in the dictionary

  1. oil baron
  2. oil barons
  3. oil barrel
  4. oil bath
  5. oil baths
  6. oil beetle
  7. oil beetles
  8. oil bug
  9. oil bugs
  10. oil burner
  11. oil burner route

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