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| beetle | |
| 1. sost. (zoologia) scarabeo | |
| 2. sost. (entomologia) coleottero | |
| 3. sost. (familiare) Maggiolino (modello di automobile) | |
| 4. sost. mazzuolo, pestello | |
| 5. verb. (familiare) usato solo nelle forme frasali: | |
| to beetle in: entrare precipitosamente | |
| to beetle off: scappare via | |
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| beetle | |
| 1. subst. Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest. |  |
| 2. subst. A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts. | |
| 3. subst. alternative case form of Beetle car | |
| 4. v. To move away quickly, to scurry away. | |
| He beetled off on his vacation. | |
| 5. adj. Protruding, jutting, overhanging. (As in beetle brows.) | |
| 6. v. To loom over; to extend or jut. | |
| The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof. | |
| 7. subst. A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc. | |
| 8. subst. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine. | |
| 9. v. To beat with a heavy mallet. | |
| 10. v. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine. | |
| to beetle cotton goods | |
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| coleottero | |
| 1. subst. (chiefly in the plural) Coleoptera | |
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