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pie-dish beetle

pie-dish beetle noun: any of various darkling beetles of Australia, such as those of the genera Helea or Embaphion.

pie-dish beetle: any of various darkling beetles of Australia, such as those of the genera Helea or Embaphion
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Noun

pie-dish beetle (plural pie-dish beetles)

  1. Any of various darkling beetles of Australia, such as those of the genera Helea or Embaphion.

Forms of pie-dish beetle

pluralpie-dish beetles

Questions about pie-dish beetle

What does pie-dish beetle mean?
Pie-dish beetle means any of various darkling beetles of Australia, such as those of the genera Helea or Embaphion.
What part of speech is pie-dish beetle?
Pie-dish beetle is a noun.
What is the plural of pie-dish beetle?
The plural of pie-dish beetle is pie-dish beetles.

Words near pie-dish beetle in the dictionary

  1. pie whistles
  2. pie-baking
  3. pie-bakings
  4. pie-chucker
  5. pie-chuckers
  6. pie-dish beetle
  7. pie-dish beetles
  8. pie-dog
  9. pie-dogs
  10. pie-eater
  11. pie-eaters

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