bombardier beetle

English

Noun

bombardier beetle (plural bombardier beetles)

1. A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from a number of subfamilies: Carabinae (e.g., Brachinus crepitans), Metriinae (e.g., Stenaptinus insignis) and Paussinae (e.g., Goniotropis nicaraguensis).

Translations

bettle

• Finnish: pommikiitäjäinen (fi)
• German: Bombardierkäfer
• Korean: 폭탄먼지벌레 (poktanmeonjibeolle)
• Lithuanian: bombožygiai

• Portuguese: besouro bombardeiro m
• Russian: жук-бомбардир (ru) (žuk-bombardír) m
• Spanish: escarabajo bombardero m

See also

An American bombardier beetle, Brachinus sp.

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