bombardier beetle
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
  • French: bombardier
  • German: Bombardierkäfer
  • Portuguese: besouro bombardeiro
  • Russian: жук-бомбарди́р
  • Spanish: escarabajo bombardero



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