bee·tle
 beetle
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A beetle is an insect that has four wings. The front pair of wings covers the back pair when the beetle is not flying. When you look at a beetle that is resting, it looks like it has a shell, but these are really the beetle's front wings.
Some beetles are small, like ladybugs, but some beetles are quite big. In some countries, people keep big beetles as pets.
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Beetle comes from a word in early English that means "little biter."