• noun:   insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
• noun:   a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
• verb:   fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle

  Example: "He beetled up the staircase"

• verb:   beat with a beetle
• verb:   be suspended over or hang over

  Example: "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"

• adjective:   jutting or overhanging

  Example: "Beetle brows"

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