Beetle
[n] insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
[n] 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
[adj] jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows"
[v] beat with a beetle
[v] fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"
[v] be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
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