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Meanings of beetle in inglês

português
malho
espanhol
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.

Usage of beetle in inglês
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Indeed, one in four animal species on this planet is a beetle.
Wired
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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.
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Bartl said that optical computer chips won't actually run on beetle scales.
Wired
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The long-noses brought you here from the place of your beetle friends.
Jem
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This week we are taking a look at the mānuka chafer beetle.
Radio NZ
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Photograph: Francis Devine We came across a small beetle on our lavender.
The Irish Times
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There was not a rat or a black beetle in the place.
Thomas Wingfold, Curate V1
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He held the beetle in his hand a long while, loving it.
The Worshipper of the Image
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His dæmon, a large and iridescent green-backedbeetle, clicked her wing cases.
The amber spyglass
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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
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The scarab Madge knew to be a beetle sacred to the Egyptians.
Madge Morton's Secret
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Moreover, the beetle eats its prey on the spot as it kills.
Social Life in the Insect World
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Phase two involves bio-control via an imported fungus to eradicate the beetle.
Radio NZ
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The new monotypic genus is compared with fossil and extant flea-beetle genera.
Pubmed
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português
malho
espanhol
mazo
Beetle through the time
Beetle across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
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