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BOMBARDIER BEETLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bombardier beetle" is a kind of...):
carabid beetle; ground beetle (predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects)
Holonyms ("bombardier beetle" is a member of...):
Brachinus; genus Brachinus (bombardier beetles)
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