Usually means: Insect that secretes oily substance.
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  1. oil beetle: Merriam-Webster
  2. oil beetle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oil beetle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. oil beetle: Collins English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (oil beetle)

noun:  Any of the genus Meloe of blister beetles, which release oily droplets of toxic hemolymph from their joints when disturbed.

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