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.
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.
Protruding, jutting, overhanging.
Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.
Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.