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What does beetle mean?

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Noun
  1. Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
  2. (uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”)
Verb
  1. To move away quickly, to scurry away.
Adjective
  1. Protruding, jutting, overhanging. (As in beetle brows.)
Verb
  1. To loom over; to extend or jut.
Noun
  1. A type of mallet with a large wooden head, 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; a beetling machine.
Verb
  1. To beat with a heavy mallet.
  2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
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