beetle

1. Insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings (synset 102167116)
   is a type of: insect - small air-breathing arthropod
   subtypes:

   • tiger beetle - active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects
   • lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybug - small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
   • carabid beetle, ground beetle - predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects
   • firefly, lightning bug - nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
   • long-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetle - long-bodied beetle having very long antennae
   • chrysomelid, leaf beetle - brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems
   • carpet beetle, carpet bug - small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics
   • clerid, clerid beetle - predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic
   • lamellicorn beetle - beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments
   • elater, elaterid, elaterid beetle - any of various widely distributed beetles
   • water beetle - any of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimming
   • whirligig beetle - aquatic beetle that circles rapidly on the water surface
   • deathwatch, deathwatch beetle, xestobium rufovillosum - bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
   • weevil - any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles
   • blister beetle, meloid - beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin
   • bark beetle - small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils
   • rove beetle - active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits
   • anoplophora glabripennis, asian longhorned beetle - a beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees; lives inside the tree; no natural predators in the United States
   belongs to: coleoptera, order coleoptera - beetles
2. 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 (synset 103720925)
   is a type of: hammer - a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
   subtypes:

   • carpenter's mallet - a short-handled mallet with a wooden head used to strike a chisel or wedge
   • gavel - a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
   same as: mallet

1. Jutting or overhanging (synset 301356364)
   "beetle brows"
   similar to: protrusive - thrusting outward
   same as: beetling

1. Be suspended over or hang over (synset 202703277)
   "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
   is a type of: hang - be suspended or hanging
   same as: overhang
2. Fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle (synset 202107890)
   "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"
   is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
3. Beat with a beetle (synset 201402475)
   is a type of: beat - hit repeatedly

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