Word Meanings - COPROPHAGAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A kind of beetle which feeds upon dung.

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• BEETLESTOCK
  The handle of a beetle.
• BEETLE
  1. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc. 2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine. Knight.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• BEETLEHEAD
  The black-bellied plover, or bullhead . See Plover. (more info) 1. A stupid fellow; a blockhead. Sir W. Scott.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• BEETLE-BROWED
  Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen. Note: The earlier meaning was, "Having bushy or overhanging eyebrows."
• BEETLE BROW
  An overhanging brow.
• BEETLE-HEADED
  Dull; stupid. Shak.
• BARK BEETLE
  A small beetle of many species , which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage.
• CLICK BEETLE
  See ELATER
• WATER BEETLE
  Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidæ, and to various genera of the family Hydrophilidæ. These beetles swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like
• TAPESTRY BEETLE
  A small black dermestoid beetle whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods.
• AMBROSIA BEETLE
  A bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia.
• COLORADO BEETLE
  A yellowish beetle , with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.
• BILLBEETLE; BILLBUG
  A weevil or curculio of various species, as the corn weevil. See Curculio.
• FIRE BEETLE
  A very brilliantly luminous beetle , one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called also cucujo. The name is also applied to other species. See Firefly.
• FLEA-BEETLE
  A small beetle of the family Halticidæ, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea- beetle and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species.
• DORBEETLE
  See DOR
• GOLIATH BEETLE
  Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles.