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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] |
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