Any of various oil beetles, spec. of the genus Meloe. Now usually (in form Meloe): the genus itself.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Heteromera > family Meloidae > genus or member of genus Meloe (5) meloe1650 Any of various oil beetles, spec. of the genus Meloe. Now usually (in form Meloe): the genus itself. May-worm1658 an oil beetle. oil beetle1658 any of various slow-moving, flightless beetles of the genus Meloe and related genera (family Meloidae), which exude an oily liquid when alarmed… oil-clock1658 = oil beetle n. proscarab1668 The common European oil beetle, Meloe proscarabaeus. |
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