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stink beetles

stink beetles is the plural of stink beetle.

Meaning of stink beetle

Noun

stink beetle (plural stink beetles)

  1. Any of various beetles that produce a foul odour.
    • [...] larve of a stink beetle (Adelium neophytum), and green flies.1920 August 14, The Journal, Adelaide, South Australia, page 14, column 4
  2. A stink bug.

Questions about stink beetles

What is stink beetles the plural of?
Stink beetles is the plural of stink beetle.

Words near stink beetles in the dictionary

  1. stink badger
  2. stink badgers
  3. stink bean
  4. stink beans
  5. stink beetle
  6. stink beetles
  7. stink bomb
  8. stink bombs
  9. stink bug
  10. stink bugs
  11. stink cedar

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