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.
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
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.
Protruding, jutting, overhanging.
To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.
To beat with a heavy mallet.
To loom over; to extend or jut.
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean.
To hunt for moths.