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Oil beetle Moderate

Oil beetle has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of various beetles that exude an oily substance from the leg joints that deters enemies

2

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

See Also
hemolymph genus blister beetle
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
blister beetle
Rhyming Words
tle lttle ixtle sutle litle kytle butle title ittle ettle attle dartle nustle myrtle firtle tootle justle cantle bustle bootle
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