beetle

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Meaning

1. 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. 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. Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”)

bug

small insect

beetling machine

depend on

depend upon

devolve on

overbear

plump out

hinge upon

tumbledung

walk out of

wooden rammer

wooden tamper

coleopteron

coleoptera

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbiːtəl/

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”).

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