BOMBARDIER BEETLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bombardier beetle" is a kind of...):

carabid beetle; ground beetle (predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects)

Holonyms ("bombardier beetle" is a member of...):

Brachinus; genus Brachinus (bombardier beetles)

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