Usually means: Beetle ejects chemicals for defense.
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  1. bombardier beetle: Merriam-Webster
  2. bombardier beetle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bombardier beetle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  11. Bombardier beetle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (bombardier beetle)

noun:  A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from a number of subfamilies: Carabinae (e.g., Brachinus crepitans), Metriinae (e.g., Stenaptinus insignis) and Paussinae (e.g., Goniotropis nicaraguensis).

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