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Meanings of beetle (beetles) in anglès

portuguès
malho
espanyol
mazo

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.

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malho

Jutting or overhanging.

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Be suspended over or hang over.

Big black thing.

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Examples for "eww"
Examples for "eww"
1
There a bit of an "eww" factor but no blood is shown.
Wired
2
I have more than a few "eww" moments during the day.
Angelfall
3
When the mum pulls a face and says "eww", the daughter reveals her friend is on the phone, much to her mum's dismay.
News.com.au
4
Eww!' Toshiko had spotted the starfish spiked into the wall, level with her head.
Another life
5
She felt the grime and dirt and pulled away, Eww.
Book One: Apotheosis
Usage of beetles in anglès
1
The other potential market for dung beetles is local and national government.
Radio NZ
2
The black-beetles have left the house; the house will be burnt down.
Note-Book of Anton Chekhov
3
Animals such as ants, snails and beetles are known to farm fungus.
Wired
4
Thus in respect to the winglessness of the Madeira beetles he wrote:-
Essays on Life, Art and Science
5
We see the same rule in the distribution of butterflies and beetles.
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection / Or, the Pr...
6
You do not know, then-forwhich I am particularly grateful-aboutthe brain-beetles.
Drood: a novel
7
Forgie reckons only about 15 percent of farmers really get dung beetles.
Radio NZ
8
The beetles' chemical language has proved too complex for Bianca to decode.
Children of Time
9
Purple-tinged pokeberry clustered beside the path, the berries shiny-dark as water beetles.
Serena
10
She really didn't understand why people couldn't be more like dung beetles.
Smelliest day at the zoo
11
She and Taro harnessed the beetles with threads to the little wagons.
The Japanese Twins
12
Casks of wood are unsuited for African travel; small beetles perforate them.
Ismailia
13
Besides, some of the beetles are very greedy and eat the fish.
Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men
14
The bark-boring beetles are the most destructive insects that attack our forests.
The School Book of Forestry
15
The shiny colors of the beetles' outer cuticles come from microscopic structures.
Wired
16
Butterflies, moths and beetles are examples of insects in this last stage.
Checking the Waste: A Study in Conservation
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Translations for beetles
portuguès
malho
espanyol
mazo
Beetles through the time
Beetles across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common