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• The Scolytinae are a subfamily of weevils, called the bark beetles because of their habit of phloeophagy.From the entry phloeophagy
• The church held a beetle drive to raise funds for the roof.From the entry beetle drive
• The bombardier beetle sprays acrid secretions to defend itself.From the entry acrid
• Beetles crunched beneath the men's heavy boots as they worked.From the entry crunch
• The back of the beetle was eyed to make it appear to be a snake to a predator.From the entry eyed
• Most tiger beetle larvae tunnel in the soil.From the entry tiger beetle
• Some beetles of the family Coccinellidae are aphidophagous.From the entry aphidophagous
• Myxophagan beetles are adapted to feed on algae.From the entry myxophagan
• We played three rounds of beetle drive.From the entry beetle drive
• The plastron of a diving beetle is not directly a source of oxygen, but acts as a gill, acquiring oxygen from the surrounding water.From the entry plastron
• Many click beetles have serrate antennae.From the entry serrate
• The dung beetle had lamellate antennae.From the entry lamellate
• It was a beautifully sunny day and beetles could be heard chittering loudly in the rose garden by the side of the path made out of antique bricks.From the entry chitter
• There is also Perdasdefogu piṡiɣò 'longhorn beetle' (which can go back to piθikò).2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 208. From the entry apocopated
• Schizopodidae, called "false jewel beetles", are a small group of beetles endemic to the western North America.2019, Dong Ren, Chungkun Shih, Taiping Gao, Yongjie Wang, Yunzhi Yao, editors, Rhythms of Insect Evolution, Wiley, page 377. From the entry false jewel beetle
• The red flour beetle used in the experiments is a tropical species that thrives at 35C.2018 November 13, Damian Carrington, The Guardian. From the entry red flour beetle
• Most psammophilic species have expanded tibiae that function as shovels when these beetles are burrowing.2016, Rolf G. Beutel, Richard A.B. Leschen, Coleoptera, Beetles. Morphology and Systematics, →ISBN. From the entry psammophilic
• It is quite a fitful fever-some sleep that little beetle is experiencing.2015, T. Weber, Our Dance Across the Plains. From the entry feversome
• Also, you can plant crops that ripen earlier in the season to avoid feeding green fruit beetles.2015 July 15, “Green Fruit Beetle”, in The Daily Garden. From the entry green fruit beetle
• Farmers and ranchers need dung beetles to keep their pastures clean.2014, Emma Carlson Berne, Dung Beetles: Stronger than Ten Men! (Animal Superpowers), New York, N.Y.: PowerKiDS Press, →ISBN, page 22. From the entry dung beetle
• Dung beetles clear away 80 percent of the cow manure in the whole of Texas.2014, Emma Carlson Berne, Dung Beetles: Stronger than Ten Men! (Animal Superpowers), New York, N.Y.: PowerKiDS Press, →ISBN, page 22. From the entry dung beetle
• Throscids resemble very small and stout click beetles (Elateridae) with rigid bodies.2014, Arthur V. Evans, Beetles of Eastern North America. From the entry throscid
• The best-known aphrodisiac is Spanish fly, which is made from the wings of the blister beetle.2012, Richard Webster, The Encyclopedia of Superstitions, page 11. From the entry Spanish fly
• In addition to predators, the cavernicolous beetles are scavengers and opportunistic saprophiles.2012, William B. White, David C. Culver, Encyclopedia of Caves, page 260. From the entry saprophile
• Often mistaken for their smaller relative the Japanese beetle, green fruit beetles feed on fruit trees.2011 June 22, Katherine Barrington, “How to Kill the Green Fruit Beetle”, in Garden Guides. From the entry green fruit beetle
• Southeast Asian rhinoceros beetles can be purchased at Japan's version of Home Depot.2011, Jessica Speart, Winged Obsession: The Pursuit of the World's Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow…. From the entry beetlemania
• Jewel scarab beetles range in color from metallic gold to shiny green.2011, National Geographic, True Or False Animal Cards, National Geographic Books, →ISBN, page 97. From the entry jewel scarab
• In reality, Collectors are human-sized insectoid bipeds and can resemble massive winged beetles.2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Collectors Codex entry. From the entry myth
• The bark that wasn′t already scabbed off was peppered with beetle holes.2009, Nancy Lord, Rock, Water, Wild: An Alaskan Life, page 121. From the entry scab
• One of the most bizarre modifications of the beetle abdomen is known as physogastry.2000, Arthur V. Evans, An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, page 64. From the entry physogastry
• I lifted up the rocks and looked for beetles or mud-eyes to torment.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 202. From the entry mud-eye
• More than two-thirds of the trees evidenced subcortical beetles, but no root decay fungi.1978, George Ferrell, Risk Rating Systems for Mature Red Fir and White Fir in Northern California, page 17. From the entry subcortical

Meaning of beetle

1. noun Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
2. noun A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
3. verb To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.

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Questions about beetle in a sentence

How do you use beetle in a sentence?

Beetle is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “He beetled off on his vacation.”

What is a short sentence with beetle?

“to beetle cotton goods”

What does beetle mean?

Beetle means any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.