bombardier beetle

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bombardier beetle

noun bombardier beetles

  1. A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from multiple lineages of Carabidae (ground beetles).

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noun beetle

Españolescarabajo bombardero
한국어폭탄먼지벌레 poktanmeonjibeolle
日本語ボンバルディアビートル bonbarudiabītoru
中文放屁蟲 /放屁虫 fàngpìchóng
Portuguêsbesouro-bombardeiro
Françaisbombardier
DeutschBombardierkäfer
Русскийжук-бомбарди́р žuk-bombardír

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@misc{bombardier_beetle_2026,
  title = {bombardier beetle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bombardier%20beetle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}