beetles – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
beetle
n.
small insect; hammer, maul; Volkswagen Beetle
v.
go somewhere quickly; move like a beetle, move forward, make one's way; scurry (British usage); ram or crush a beetle
Beetle
Beetles are a group of
insects that form the
order Coleoptera . The word "coleoptera" is from the
Greek ,
koleos, meaning "sheath"; and ,
pteron, meaning "wing", thus "sheathed wing", because most beetles have two pairs of wings, the front pair, the "
elytra", being hardened and thickened into a shell-like protection for the rear pair and the beetle's abdomen.
beetle
Noun
1. insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
(hypernym) insect
(hyponym) tiger beetle
(member-holonym) Coleoptera, order Coleoptera
2. a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
(synonym) mallet
(hypernym) hammer
(hyponym) carpenter's mallet
Verb
1. be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
(synonym) overhang
(hypernym) hang
2. fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
3. beat with a beetle
(hypernym) beat
(derivation) mallet
Adjective
1. jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows"
(synonym) beetling
(similar) protrusive
beetle
n.
brouk
beetle
Rzecz.
chrząszcz; insekt, owad
