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Meanings of oil beetle in English
Family of insects, Coleoptera.
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Examples for "meloe"
Examples for "meloe"
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Do you think it really the larva of meloe?
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The last time I saw the Scarabee he was still at work on the meloe question.
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And besides, I take an interest in entomology, and have my own opinion on the meloe question.
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For an account of Sitaris and Meloe, see Sharp's "Insects," II., page 272.
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Sitaris and Meloe, two genera of coleopterous insects, are referred to by Lubbock (op.
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And the other Meloidae-Cantharides ,Cerocomae ,Mylabres(For these Blister-beetlesor Oil-beetles, cf.
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He had read firstly in the "Annals of Natural Science" of the habits of the Cerceris and the fabulous history of the Meloidae.
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Blister beetle is an important insect model for both medicinal and pure research.
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Cantharidin is an active compound from blister beetles traditionally used for the treatment of cancer.
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"Well, no; we had a lot of caterpillars and blister beetles and things, and they ate everything up, don't you know," said he.
Usage of oil beetle in English
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He watched a black oil beetle crawl across his boot top.
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Black oil beetle My friends and I spotted this large beetle on the Ballycotton cliffs in Co Cork.
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Some of them provide me with the oil beetle and the Sitaris, rare finds at one time, today of no use to me.
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A number of Oil beetles were strolling suspiciously about in the neighborhood, and some little black Ichneumon flies were seen running about among the holes.