Synonyms for beetle
ˈbit lbee·tle

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1. beetlenoun

   insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

   Synonyms:
   mallet

   Antonyms:
   intrusive

2. mallet, beetleadjective

   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

   Synonyms:
   mallet, hammer

   Antonyms:
   intrusive

3. beetle, beetlingverb

   jutting or overhanging

   "beetle brows"

   Synonyms:
   beetling

   Antonyms:
   intrusive

4. overhang, beetleverb

   be suspended over or hang over

   "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"

   Synonyms:
   overhang

   Antonyms:
   intrusive

5. beetleverb

   fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle

   "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"

   Synonyms:
   overhang

   Antonyms:
   intrusive

6. beetleverb

   beat with a beetle

   Synonyms:
   overhang

   Antonyms:
   intrusive

Matched Categories

1. • Beat
   • Hang
   • Insect
   • Move

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1. beetleverb

   Synonyms:
   protrude, project, jut, jut out, hang over

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beetlenoun

   Synonyms:
   mallet (heavy), scarabee, clock, coleopter, scarab

2. beetleverb

   Synonyms:
   overhang, jut out, protrude, project

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1. List of paraphrases for "beetle":

   ponderosa, mpb, coleoptera, insect, mountain, bug, infestation, pest

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1. Moorish Proverb:

   Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.

2. Martin Qvarnström:

   Although Silesaurus appears to have ingested numerous individuals of Triamyxa coprolithica, the beetle was likely too small to have been the only targeted prey, instead, Triamyxa likely shared its habitat with larger beetles, which are represented by disarticulated remains in the coprolites, and other prey, which never ended up in the coprolites in a recognizable shape. So it seems likely that Silesaurus was omnivorous, and that a part of its diet was comprised of insects.

3. Sam Hodder:

   A giant sequoia that was weakened by drought was then subject to impacts by the bark beetle, which then further weakened the tree and made it more susceptible to mortality from fire.

4. Dan Young:

   I wonder if there’s another compound out in nature that, from the point of view of the beetle, looks like cantharidin, and they’re getting faked out.

5. Anna Malinowska:

   The problem is that several years ago there was an outbreak of bark beetle and it got worse, the only way to solve the problem is to cut down affected trees. This was not done and so the (infestation) spread.