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beetle1 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.
boll weevil a small beetle with a gray body and a long snout. It lays eggs in the seed pods of the cotton plant where they hatch and cause much damage to crops.
firefly an insect whose lower body flashes with light at night. A firefly is a kind of beetle.
ladybird the British word for a small, round beetle that is red or orange with black spots. "Ladybird" has the same meaning as "ladybug."
ladybug a small, round beetle that is red or orange with black spots. Ladybugs eat aphids and other insects that are harmful to plants.
lightning bug A lightning bug is an insect. It is a kind of beetle. The body of a lightning bug flashes with light at night in the summer. Another name for lightning bug is "firefly."
shell a protective outer layer of the body of an animal, such as a turtle, beetle, lobster, or crab. [1/9 definitions]