BOMBARDIER BEETLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bombardier beetle mean? 

• BOMBARDIER BEETLE (noun)
  The noun BOMBARDIER BEETLE has 1 sense:

1. beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed

  Familiarity information: BOMBARDIER BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOMBARDIER BEETLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bombardier beetle" is a kind of...):

carabid beetle; ground beetle (predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects)

Holonyms ("bombardier beetle" is a member of...):

Brachinus; genus Brachinus (bombardier beetles)