2. Verb. (third-person singular of beetle) ¹
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Definition of Beetles
1. beetle [v] - See also: beetle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beetles
Literary usage of Beetles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1880)
"THE wings of beetles are covered and concealed by a pair of horny cases or shells,
... beetles* are biting-insects, and are provided with two pairs of jaws ..."
2. A Manual for the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"the larva: of the snout-beetles, are entirely destitute of jointed legs. ...
Both beetles and their larvae vary greatly in their habits; while some species ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The larvas of burrowing beetles, known as " White Worms," spend their existence
... The duration of the larval state varies in different groups of beetles, ..."
4. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"The club-horned beetles have clubbed antennae. They have little in common ; some
are aquatic, others terrestrial ; some are pre- ..."
5. The Mechanism of Evolution in Leptinotarsa by William Lawrence Tower, Joseph Kumler Breitenbeecher (1918)
"It was observed that hibernating beetles were inactive when first dug from ...
At Chicago, during the winter of 1911-12, it was observed that beetles which ..."
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