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Meanings of beetle in inglés

portugués
malho
español
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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mazo

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 beetle in inglés
1
Indeed, one in four animal species on this planet is a beetle.
Wired
2
Fish and Wildlife Service asking that the beetle removal work be stopped.
The Guardian
3
In the great Dyticus water-beetle this is done in a curious way.
Chatterbox, 1905.
4
Bartl said that optical computer chips won't actually run on beetle scales.
Wired
5
The long-noses brought you here from the place of your beetle friends.
Jem
6
This week we are taking a look at the mānuka chafer beetle.
Radio NZ
7
Photograph: Francis Devine We came across a small beetle on our lavender.
The Irish Times
8
There was not a rat or a black beetle in the place.
Thomas Wingfold, Curate V1
9
He held the beetle in his hand a long while, loving it.
The Worshipper of the Image
10
His dæmon, a large and iridescent green-backedbeetle, clicked her wing cases.
The amber spyglass
11
So you have to find the right beetle for your own climate.
Radio NZ
12
The Engelmann spruce beetle has devastated many forests of the Rocky Mountains.
The School Book of Forestry
13
The scarab Madge knew to be a beetle sacred to the Egyptians.
Madge Morton's Secret
14
Moreover, the beetle eats its prey on the spot as it kills.
Social Life in the Insect World
15
Phase two involves bio-control via an imported fungus to eradicate the beetle.
Radio NZ
16
The new monotypic genus is compared with fossil and extant flea-beetle genera.
Pubmed
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Translations for beetle
portugués
malho
español
mazo
Beetle through the time
Beetle across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
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