| 单词 | bombardier beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbombardier beetle bombardier beetle n. a genus of beetles (especially Brachinus crepitans) which, when irritated, eject fluid with a sharp report and blue vapour. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Adephaga (carnivorous beetles) > Geadephaga (terrestrial) > family Carabidae > member of subfamily Carabinae bombardier beetle1803 sunshiner1828 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 234 (heading) The Bombardier... When it is touched we are surprised with a noise resembling the discharge of a musket in miniature, during which a blue smoke may be perceived to proceed from its extremity. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iv. i. 214 The..Bombardier Beetles discharge a still more offensive fluid. < as lemmas |
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