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pinacate beetles

pinacate beetles is the plural of pinacate beetle.

Meaning of pinacate beetle

Noun

pinacate beetle (plural pinacate beetles)

  1. A darkling beetle of the genus Eleodes, endemic to the Sonoran Desert and adjacent regions, and known for its defensive tactic of standing on its head to squirt a noxious spray.

Questions about pinacate beetles

What is pinacate beetles the plural of?
Pinacate beetles is the plural of pinacate beetle.

Words near pinacate beetles in the dictionary

  1. pina colada
  2. pina coladas
  3. Pinabacdao
  4. pinabete
  5. pinacate beetle
  6. pinacate beetles
  7. pinacate bug
  8. pinacate bugs
  9. pinaceous
  10. pinaces
  11. pinachrom

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