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▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) 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.
▸ verb:  To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.
▸ adjective:  Protruding, jutting, overhanging.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To loom over; to extend or jut (above).
▸ noun:  A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
▸ noun:  A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
▸ verb:  To beat with a heavy mallet.
▸ verb:  To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
▸ noun:  (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”) [(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).]

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