beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbiːtəl/
ipa: [ˈbiɾəɫ]
rhymes: -iːtəl
homophone: Beatle
Forms: form: beetles
form: bittle
form: betel
form: bittil
Etymology: From Middle English bitle, bityl, bytylle, from Old English bitula, bitela, bītel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil, from Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz (“that which tends to bite, biter, beetle”), equivalent to bite + -le. Cognate with Old High German bicco (“beetle”), Danish bille (“beetle”), Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”).
Senses: glosses: 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.
examples: text: Guessing competitions were tackled with much enthusiasm, followed by a beetle drive, and judging by the laughter, this was popular with all.
ref: 1944, Queen's Nurses' Magazine, volumes 33-35, page 12:
glosses: 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.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:beetle.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”).
Synonyms: sense: insect
word: bug
Derived terms: word: Alexander beetle
word: ambrosia beetle
word: ant beetle
word: ant nest beetle
word: Asian lady beetle
word: Asiatic beetle
word: asparagus beetle
word: Atlas beetle
word: bacon beetle
word: bark beetle
word: Beatles
word: bee beetle
word: beetle bank
word: beetlebrain
word: beetle brow
word: beetle-browed
word: beetle bug
word: beetle-crusher
word: beetle drive
word: beetle grass
word: beetlehead
word: beetle-headed
word: beetlelike
word: beetle mite
word: beetler
word: beetleskin
word: beetle-squasher
word: beetle-sticker
word: beetleweed
word: beetly
word: Bess beetle
word: Betsy beetle
word: bill-beetle
word: biscuit beetle
word: black beetle
word: black carpet beetle
word: blind as a beetle
word: blister beetle
word: bloody-nosed beetle
word: blue ground beetle
word: bombardier beetle
word: bread beetle
word: burying beetle
word: cactus longhorn beetle
word: cadelle beetle
word: cane beetle
taxonomic: Cerambyx spp.
word: capricorn beetle
word: cardinal beetle
word: Carolina metallic tiger beetle
word: Carolina tiger beetle
word: carpet beetle
word: carrion beetle
word: cedar beetle
word: cereal leaf beetle
taxonomic: Anoplognathus spp.
word: Christmas beetle
word: cigar beetle
word: cigarette beetle
taxonomic: Elateridae spp.
word: click beetle
word: clown beetle
taxonomic: Leptinotarsa decemlineata
word: Colorado beetle
word: Colorado potato beetle
word: confused flour beetle
word: crab-like rove beetle
word: cucumber beetle
word: darkling beetle
word: Darwin's beetle
word: deadnettle leaf beetle
word: death-watch beetle
taxonomic: Anobiidae spp.
word: deathwatch beetle
word: diamond beetle
word: diving beetle
word: dorbeetle
word: drugstore beetle
word: dung-beetle
taxonomic: Scarabaeidae spp.
word: dung beetle
word: eight-spotted flea beetle
word: elephant beetle
word: elm bark beetle
word: elm beetle
word: false potato beetle
word: fiddle beetle
word: fire beetle
word: flea beetle
word: flour beetle
word: flower beetle
word: frog-legged beetle
word: fungus beetle
word: fur beetle
word: furniture beetle
word: golden beetle
word: goldsmith beetle
word: Goliath beetle
word: grain beetle
word: green fruit beetle
word: green June beetle
word: ground beetle
word: hairy click beetle
word: harlequin lady beetle
word: Hercules beetle
word: hide beetle
word: hister beetle
word: hog-beetle
taxonomic: Prionoplus reticularis
word: huhu beetle
word: ironclad beetle
word: Japanese beetle
word: jewel beetle
word: June beetle
word: kangaroo beetle
word: khapra beetle
word: lady beetle
word: ladybeetle
word: ladybird beetle
word: lantern beetle
word: larder beetle
word: leaf beetle
word: leaf-beetle
word: lined flat bark beetle
word: lizard beetle
word: longhorn beetle
word: long-horned beetle
word: marsh beetle
word: mealworm beetle
word: Mexican bean beetle
word: mimic beetle
word: Moccas beetle
word: museum beetle
word: musk beetle
word: net-winged beetle
taxonomic: Meloe spp.
word: oil beetle
word: orange blister beetle
word: Oriental beetle
word: overbeetling
word: ox beetle
word: peach bark beetle
word: picnic beetle
word: pie-dish beetle
word: pill beetle
word: pinacate beetle
word: plague soldier beetle
taxonomic: Erotylidae spp.
word: pleasing fungus beetle
word: potato beetle
word: powder-post beetle
word: powderpost beetle
word: pumpkin beetle
word: railway beetle
word: rain beetle
word: raspberry beetle
word: red flour beetle
word: rhino beetle
taxonomic: Dynastes spp. etc.
word: rhinoceros beetle
word: riffle beetle
taxonomic: Staphylinidae spp.
word: rove beetle
word: sacred beetle
word: Say blister beetle
taxonomic: Scarabaeidae spp.
word: scarab beetle
word: scarlet lily beetle
word: scavenger beetle
word: seed beetle
word: sexton beetle
word: shield beetle
word: shit beetle
word: skin beetle
word: smaller European elm bark beetle
word: snap beetle
word: snapping beetle
word: snout beetle
word: soldier beetle
word: spider beetle
word: spotted cucumber beetle
word: spring beetle
word: spring-beetle
word: squash beetle
word: stag-beetle
taxonomic: Lucanidae spp.
word: stag beetle
word: stink beetle
word: striped blister beetle
word: striped cucumber beetle
word: sun beetle
word: sunflower beetle
word: tapestry beetle
word: ten-lined June beetle
taxonomic: Lucanus cervus
word: thunder beetle
taxonomic: Sarosesthes fulminans
word: thunderbolt beetle
word: tiger beetle
word: titan beetle
word: tobacco beetle
word: toe-winged beetle
word: tortoise beetle
word: trilobite beetle
word: wardrobe beetle
word: wasp beetle
word: water beetle
word: watermelon beetle
word: water scavenger beetle
taxonomic: Gyrinidae spp.
word: whirligig beetle
word: yellow-crescent blister beetle