HyperDic: bombardier_beetle

English > 1 sense of the expression bombardier beetle:
NOUNanimalbombardier beetlebeetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed
English > bombardier beetle: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningbeetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed.
Member ofBrachinus, genus Brachinusbombardier beetles
Broaderground beetle, carabid beetlepredacious shining black or metallic terrestrial / terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects
Spanishescarabajo bombardero

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