Beetle

Definition: Beetle

Beetle

Adjective

1. Jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows".

Noun

1. Insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings.

2. A tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing.

Verb

1. Be suspended over or hang over.

2. Beat with a beetle.

Date "beetle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Domain	Definition
Bible	Beetle (Heb. hargol, meaning "leaper"). Mention of it is made only in Lev. 11:22, where it is obvious the word cannot mean properly the beetle. It denotes some winged creeper with at least four feet, "which has legs above its feet, to leap withal." The description plainly points to the locust (q.v.). This has been an article of food from the earliest times in the East to the present day. The word is rendered "cricket" in the Revised Version. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Biology & Biotechnology	Insecte que l'on peut trouver dans la farine. . . . . --an insect of the order Coleoptera - sometimes distinguished from weevil. Source: European Union. (references)
Industry	To produce a firm, closed, and lustrous fabric of cellulosic material, particularly linen or cotton, by subjecting the damp cloth, batched on a wooden or metal beam or roller, to repeated blows of wooden or metal hammers or fallers. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Beetle (To). To overhang, to threaten, to jut over (Anglo-Saxon, beot-ian, to menace). Hence beetle or beetled brow. "Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea." Shakespeare: Hamlet, i. 4. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Beetle

Synonyms: beetling (adj), mallet (n), overhang (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Convexity	Verb: be prominent; Adjective: project, bulge, protrude, pout, bouge, bunch; jut out, stand out, stick out, poke out; stick up, bristle up, start up, shoot up; swell over, hang over, bend over; beetle.
Dejection	Dreary, flat; dull, dull as a beetle, dull as ditchwater; depressing; Verb:
Evil doer	Canker-worm, wire-worm; locust, Colorado beetle; alacran, alligator, caymon, crocodile, mosquito, mugger, octopus; torpedo; bane.
Height	Verb: be high; Adjective: tower, soar, command; hover, hover over, fly over;orbit, be in orbit; cap, culminate; overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount; perch, surmount; cover; overtop; (be superior); stand on tiptoe.
Imbecility Folly	Weak headed, addle headed, puzzle headed, blunder headed, muddle headed, muddy headed, pig headed, beetle headed, buffle headed, chuckle headed, mutton headed, maggoty headed, grossheaded; beef headed, fat witted, fat-headed.
	Shallow, borne, weak, wanting, soft, sappy, spoony; dull, dull as a beetle; stupid, heavy, insulse, obtuse, blunt, stolid, doltish; asinine; inapt; prosaic; hebetudinous.
Pendency	Verb: be pendent; Adjective: hang, depend, swing, dangle; swag; daggle, flap, trail, flow; beetle.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It's a carpet beetle. It shouldn't be here (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami)
Movie/TV Titles	The Beetle Hunter (1967) Beetle Bailey and His Friends (1963) Bootle Beetle (1947) Bugs Beetle and His Orchestra (1937) The Beetle (1919)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	My Bug: For Everyone Who Owned, Loved, or Shared a Vw Beetle...True Tales of the Car That Defined a Generation (reference) Small Wonder: The Amazing Story of the Volkswagen Beetle (reference) The New Beetle (Enthusiast Color Series) (reference) The Very Clumsy Click Beetle (Eric Carle's Very Series) (reference) VW Beetle & Karmann Ghia 1954 through 1979 All Models (Hayne's Repair Manual) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Beetle Bailey/Betty Boop/Hagar (reference) Beetle Bailey:Sarges Last Stand (reference) The Lovable Beetle (reference) Vw Beetle (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Elm Leaf Beetle Hitch-Hikes (reference) Revenge of the Dung Beetle (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Beetle Adventure Racing (reference) Beetle Buggin' (reference) Protec Microsystems ISDN Web Beetle One Enet To One ISDN Port (reference) Refac 1018 New Beetle Sport Radio (reference) Sharper Image Beetle CD Stereo with FM Tuner (GT112YEL) (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	A gas chromatograph (GC) is used to identify individual scents emitted from potato foliage. Above, entomologist Joseph Dickens positions a Colorado potato beetle antenna in front of a GC outlet to find out which scents the insect detects. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..		Aphthona flava flea beetle feeding on leafy spurge. Credit: USDA ARS News.
	The Asian multicolored lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis, is easy to identify from its false "eyes"-- twin white football-shaped markings behind the head. In color, the insects range from black to mustard, with zero to many spots. A common U.S. form is mustard to red and has 16 or more black spots. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..		Colorado potato beetle. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
	Cucumber beetle. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..		This predatory beetle, Thanasimus formicarius, can eat about three pine shoot beetles daily for up to 3 months. The pine shoot beetle is a destructive pest of pine trees in about 150 U.S. counties. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
	A P-14 lady beetle devours a pea aphid. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..		A Mexican bean beetle larva-a devastating pest of snap and soybeans-becomes a meal for the spined soldier bug instead. Credit: USDA ARS News.
	Sap beetle, Carpophilus lugubris. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller..		Bark Beetle larva and a dime. Credit: Tim Haller.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno	Carroll, Lewis	I think the Beetle must have shuddered at this idea, for Sylvie went on in a graver tone
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew why giving it its peculiar sanctity. Its habit of incubating its eggs in a ball of ordure may also have commended it to the favor of the priesthood, and may some day assure it an equal reverence among ourselves. True, the American beetle is an inferior beetle, but the American priest is an inferior priest.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Beetle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.15% of the time. "Beetle" is used about 227 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	95.15%	216	20,583
Noun (proper)	3.08%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.32%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.44%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	227	N/A

Expressions using "beetle": Ambrosia beetle ♦ asiatic beetle ♦ asparagus beetle ♦ Bacon beetle ♦ bark beetle ♦ be blind as a beetle ♦ bean beetle ♦ Bee beetle ♦ beetle along ♦ Beetle brow ♦ Beetle mite ♦ beetle off ♦ black beetle ♦ black carpet beetle ♦ blind as a beetle ♦ Blind beetle ♦ blister beetle ♦ Bombardier beetle ♦ buffalo carpet beetle ♦ burying beetle ♦ Cabbage beetle ♦ Capricorn beetle ♦ carabid beetle ♦ Carpet beetle ♦ carrion beetle ♦ clerid beetle ♦ click beetle ♦ colorado beetle ♦ Colorado potato beetle ♦ Cucumber beetle ♦ darkling beetle ♦ darkling groung beetle ♦ deathwatch beetle ♦ Diamond beetle ♦ Diving beetle ♦ dull as a beetle ♦ dung beetle ♦ elaterid beetle ♦ Elephant beetle ♦ Elm beetle ♦ Fiddle beetle ♦ fire beetle ♦ flathead beetle ♦ flea beetle ♦ flour beetle ♦ Flower beetle ♦ Gold beetle ♦ golden beetle ♦ Goldsmith beetle ♦ Goliath beetle ♦ green June beetle ♦ ground beetle ♦ Harlequin beetle ♦ Helmet beetle ♦ Hercules beetle ♦ Hercules' beetle ♦ horse beetle ♦ house longhorn beetle ♦ japanese beetle ♦ jewel beetle ♦ June beetle ♦ Ladder beetle ♦ lady beetle ♦ ladybird beetle ♦ lamellicorn beetle ♦ larder beetle ♦ leaf beetle ♦ Lily beetle ♦ Locust beetle ♦ longicorn beetle ♦ may beetle ♦ Meal beetle ♦ melolonthid beetle ♦ Melon beetle ♦ mexican bean beetle ♦ mimic beetle ♦ museum beetle ♦ musk beetle ♦ oil beetle ♦ oriental beetle ♦ pill beetle ♦ potato beetle ♦ rhinoceros beetle ♦ rose beetle ♦ rove beetle ♦ sacred beetle ♦ sawyer beetle ♦ scale beetle ♦ scarabaeid beetle ♦ scavenger beetle ♦ searcher beetle ♦ seed beetle ♦ Sexton beetle ♦ snap beetle ♦ snapping beetle ♦ snout beetle ♦ soldier beetle ♦ spring beetle ♦ squash beetle ♦ stag beetle ♦ sun beetle. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "beetle": beetle-brain, beetle-bright, Beetle-browed, beetle-collector, beetle-crusher, beetle-crushers, beetle-driving, beetle-head, Beetle-headed, beetle-like, beetle-pollinated, beetle-riddled, beetle-spirited, beetle-style, beetle-wings.
	Ending with "beetle": door-beetle, dor-beetle, Flea-beetle, lady-beetle, potato-beetle, stag-beetle.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "beetle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		brumbull (chafer), tokmak (hatchet, ram, rammer), rrah me tokmak, dal (appear, arise, brush off, come into being, come out, come up, creep out, develop, egress, emerge, erupt, exhaust, exit, flow out, get out, get out of, go out, leave, let out, open, run out, sprout, stand out, stick up, turn out, turn up). (various references)

Arabic		‏مطرقة خشبية (mallet), ‏مطرقة (clapper, drop hammer, gavel, hammer, knocker, mallet, maul, rapper), ‏مدقة (hammer, maul, pestle), ‏نتأ (bulge, butt, emboss, jut, pout, project, protrude, stick, stick out), ‏ناتئ (bunchy, cantilever, eminent, outstanding, projecting, prominent, protruding, protrusive, protuberant, salient), ‏ضرب بمطرقة, ‏خنفساء (bug), ‏دق (chink, hammer, hammer down, knock, maul, percussion, pound, pounding, pulverization, reduce, triturate, trituration), ‏بارز (conspicuous, distinct, distinguished, duel, eminent, featured, fence, great, in the first flight, lofty, memorable, monumental, noble, notable, noticeable, outstanding, pointed, profile, prognathous, projecting, prominent, protruding, protuberant, remarkable, salient, signal, striking, uncommon). (various references)

Blackfoot		poonisáyi. (various references)

Bulgarian		трамбовка (rammer), трамбовам (ram, tamp), отправям се (proceed, repair, sally, start, wend, wend one's way), бръмбар, изпъквам (bulge, come across, excel, get out of ruck, jut out, project, protrude, relieve, show up, stand out, stand up against, tell). (various references)

Chamorro		kukunitos. (various references)

Chinese		蛣 , 甲蟲 , 甲虫. (various references)

Cornish		whýlen. (various references)

Czech		brouk (bug, coleopteran, dor-bug). (various references)

Danish		bille (coleopter). (various references)

Dutch		schildvleugelige (coleopter), kever, tor (transistor). (various references)

Esperanto		skarabo, koleoptero. (various references)

Farsi		پیش امدن , پوشیده شدن , سوسک وار, سوسک (Dorbeetle), اویخته شدن . (various references)

Finnish		kuoriainen, kovakuoriainen. (various references)

French		scarabée, Coléoptère. (various references)

Frisian		tuorre, krobbe. (various references)

German		Käfer (beetles, bug, chafer, chafers). (various references)

Greek		σκαθάρι (black sea bream, cockchafers, June beetles, May beetles, old wife, scarabs, sea bream). (various references)

Hebrew		חפושית (bug), ברקנית. (various references)

Hungarian		bogár (bug, maggot, whim, whimsy). (various references)

Indonesian		menumbuk (batter, ram, thresh), kumbang. (various references)

Irish		ciaróg. (various references)

Italian		coleottero (chafer, chafers). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		甲虫. (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かぶとむし, こうちゅう (collation editing, hookworm, interior of the mouth, pillar, proofreading and annotation, rib, space flight). (various references)

Korean		딱정벌레. (various references)

Manx		treickney, treicknane (gravel), sladdaney (beat clothes), sladdan (mallet, wash-staff), deyll (coleopter, weevil), caraig (cockroach, weevil), bwoailteen (bludgeon). (various references)

Maya		kuklin (dung beetle). (various references)

Norwegian		bille. (various references)

Papago		komikam. (various references)

Papiamen		tòr. (various references)

Pig Latin		eetlebay.(various references)

Portuguese		escaravelho (cockchafer, dor, dor-beetle, dor-bug, scarab), besouro (bug, chafer, cockchafer, death-watch, dor, dor-bug, maybug). (various references)

Romanian		berbec (battering ram, buck, pile driver, ram, rammer, sheep, wether), bate (bark, baste, bastinado, bay, beat, beat up, belabour, best, blow, box, bruise, buffet, burst, chastise, chime, clap, club, cob, contend, cuff, curry, dash, defeat, drive, drub, flail, flicker, flog, go, hit, horse, knock, knock in, lace, larrup, lash, lash into, lick, mint, paddle, palpitate, Pat, patter, peal, pound, pulsate, pulse, range, rap, rattle, ring, shake up, shine, slap, smite, sound, spank, strike, swinge, switch, tan, tap, tew, thrash, throb, thwack, tick, tinkle, toll, wallop, whip, worst), surplombã, stufos (branchy, bushy, dense, thick), proeminent (clean-cut, exceptional, pre eminent, prominent, protuberant, remarkable, salient), posomorât (cheerless, dark, dismal, dull, gloomily, gloomy, jaw-fallen, melancholy, mopish, overcast, somber, sombre), mai (afresh, again, all over again, anew, another, approximative, beater, else, heh, heyday, I say, mallet, May, more, no, oh my, once more, paddle, rammer, really, rubbish, still), lovi cu un mai, lovi cu un berbec, gândac (bug), fi proeminent, cãrãbuş (cockchafer, may beetle, may bug), atârna (depend, flap, flow, hang, loll, lop, suspend, weigh), îmbufnat (disgruntled, miffed, morose, morosely, poutingly, sulky). (various references)

Russian		трамбовка (rammer, stamp), выступать (appear, erupt, march off, march out, sashay), выдаваться (jut, jutted, jutting, protrude, stand out), жучок (prophet, tipster), жук (bug, dor, dor-beetle, dor-bug, dorr). (various references)

Scottish		simid (a mallet, mallet), daol. (various references)

Sepedi		khunkhwana. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		buba (bug, insect), nadnesen (impendent, impending), malj (mallet, maul, monkey), isturen (advanced, beetling, protruding). (various references)

Shona		ngoko. (various references)

Spanish		escarabajo (chafer, chafers, scarab, scarabaeus). (various references)

Sranan		sege, asege. (various references)

Swazi		lí-bhungáne. (various references)

Swedish		skalbagge (bug, coleopteran, dor, dor-beetle, dor-bug, dorr). (various references)

Thai		แมลงปีกแข็งเช่น ตัวด้วง, ไปหรือมาอย่างรีบร้อน, ที่ยื่นออกมา, ยื่นออกมา (jut, jut out). (various references)

Turkish		böcek (bug, crawler, insect, lobster), tokmaklamak (beat with a mallet, Mall, swingle), tokmak (gavel, hammer, knob, Mall, mallet, maul, stick), tokaç (laundry stick, paddle), taşan (dripping, gushing, overflowing, overspilling), sarkmak (bag, dangle, drape, droop, flag, hang, hang down, hang out, impend, lean out, lie over, lop, overhang, prolapse, sag, slouch), sarkan (dependent, hanging, pendant, pending, pendulous), sarkık (bagging, baggy, drooping, droopy, flabby, flaccid, floppy, hanging, pendant, pendent, pensile, slouching, slouchy), kakmak (inlay, push), şahmerdan (battering ram, pile driver, ram, tup), çomak (club, cudgel), çakmak (be aware of, be ploughed, be plowed, cotton on to, drive, drive in, flash, flunk, gaslighter, ground, hammer, land, lighter, pitch, ram, root, rumble, spin, stick, strike, tack, tack down, twig, understand), çıkıntı yapmak (bulge, jut, jut out, overhang, protrude, run out, stand out, stick, stick out), çıkıntı yapan. (various references)

Turkmen		tomazak (dung beetle). (various references)

Ukrainian		сліпота (blindness, sightliness), холостячка, тупість (dullness, obtuseness, obtusity, opaqueness, oscitancy, oscitation, torpor), трамбувати (ram, tamp), трамбівка (punner, ram, rammer, tamper), терниця (scutcher, swingle), кувалда (about-sledge, sledge, sledge hammer), гупати чоботищами, виступати (address, appear, jut, pierce out, sashay, speak), навислий (hanging, imminent, impendent, impending, overhanging, overhung, threatening), звисати (bangle, hang down, loll, overhang), звислий (deflected, nutant, overhung), жук (bug), літати (fly, kite), подрібнювати (atomize, grain, granulate, grind up, mill, parcel). (various references)

Vietnamese		cheo leo (beetling, cliffy, shoestring), cái chày trên đe dưới búa. (various references)

Welsh		chwilen, chwil (chafer, reeling, whirling). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	karabos. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	budd. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Leviticus Chapter 11, Verse 22
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai tauta fagesqe ap' autwn ton broucon kai ta omoia autw kai ton attakhn kai ta omoia autw kai thn akrida kai ta omoia auth kai ton ofiomachn kai ta omoia autw
Latin	405	Vulgate	Comedere debetis ut est brucus in genere suo et attacus atque ophiomachus ac lucusta singula iuxta genus suum
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	As is bruk in his kynde, `that is the kynde of locust er it haue wenges, and attachus, `that is the kynde of locust, whanne it bigynneth to flee, and opymachus, `that is a foule enemy to serpentes, and a locust, eche after his kynde.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Euen these of them ye maye eate: the arbe and all his kynde: the Soleam with all his kynde: the Hargol and all the kynde, ad the Hagab ad all his kynd.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Such as all the different sorts of locust.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Leviticus Chapter 11, Verse 22
Cebuano	Makakaon kamo kanila: ang dulon ingon sa iyang matang, ug ang alasiw-siw ingon sa iyang matang, ug ang gangis ingon sa iyang matang, ug ang lukton ingon sa iyang matang.
Croatian	Od njih možete jesti: svaku vrstu skakavaca, cvrèaka i zrikavaca.
Danish	Af dem må I spise følgende: De forskellige Arter af Græshopper, Solamgræshopper, Hargolgræshopper og Hagabgræshopper.
Dutch	Van die zult gij deze eten: den sprinkhaan naar zijn aard, en den solham naar zijn aard, en den hargol naar zijn aard, en den hagab naar zijn aard.
Finnish	Niistä te saatte syödä seuraavia: heinäsirkkalajeja, solam-sirkkalajeja, hargol-sirkkalajeja ja haagab-sirkkalajeja.
French	Voici ceux que vous mangerez: la sauterelle, le solam, le hargol et le hagab, selon leurs espèces.
German	von demselben mögt ihr essen die Heuschrecken, als da ist: Arbe mit seiner Art und Solam mit seiner Art und Hargol mit seiner Art und Hagab mit seiner Art.
Hungarian	Ezeket egyétek meg azok közül: az arbé-sáskát az õ nemével, a szolám- sáskát az õ nemével, a khargol-sáskát az õ nemével és a khagab-sáskát az õ nemével.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Jadi belalang, jangkerik dan belalang hijau boleh dimakan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka dari padanya boleh kamu makan segala jenis belalang, yaitu belalang solham dan hargol dan hagab sejenis-jenisnya.
Maori	Ko enei o ratou e kainga e koutou; ko te mawhitiwhiti, me nga mea e rite ana ki a ia, me te tatarakihi, me nga mea e rite ana ki a ia, me te pakauroharoha, me nga mea e rite ana ki a ia, me te koeke, me nga mea e rite ana ki a ia.
Norwegian	Av dem kan I ete: arbe efter sine arter og solam efter sine arter og hargol efter sine arter og hagab efter sine arter. # < d.e. forskjellige slags gresshopper.>
Portuguese	isto é, deles podereis comer os seguintes: o gafanhoto segundo a sua espécie, o solham segundo a sua espécie, o hargol segundo a sua espécie e o hagabe segundo a sua especie.
Rumanian	Iatq pe cari sq le mkncayi: lqcusta, lqcusta solam, lqcusta hargol wi lqcusta hagab, dupq soiurile lor.
Russian	УЙИ ЕЫШФЕ ЙЪ ОЙИ: УБТБОЮХ У ЕЕ РПТПДПА, УПМБН У ЕЕ РПТПДПА, ИБТЗПМ У ЕЕ РПТПДПА Й ИБЗБВ У ЕЕ РПТПДПА.
Spanish	los siguientes: Comeréis la langosta según sus especies, el langostín según sus especies, el grillo según sus especies y el saltamontes según sus especies.
Swedish	Dessa fån I äta bland gräshopporna: arbe med dess arter, soleam med dess arter, hargol med dess arter och hagab med dess arter.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "beetle": beetled, beetler, beetlers, beetles. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Beetle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baele, bartle, Beatae, beatle, Beatley, beattle, bedeuten, bedle, beeble, beeli, beetel, beetler, beettle, Beitel, Beithe, Bekele, Beletuen, belti, benethe, Bentle, Bertele, Bertil, Bertola, Bestley, Beteille, betere, betle, Betley, bettle, betwe, beute, Bezelle, Bieuleu, Boetie, buete, Butele, bytel, bytlm, Eytle, Keetley, peetle, seetle. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "beetle" (pronounced bē"tul)
4	-ē" t u l	fetal, varietal.
3	-t u l	infantile, infertile, accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-l-t"
	-1 letter: betel.
	-2 letters: beet, belt, blet, leet, teel, tele.
	-3 letters: bee, bel, bet, eel, lee, let, tee, tel.
	-4 letters: be, el, et.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-l-t"
	+1 letter: beetled, beetler, beetles.
	+2 letters: beetlers, feeblest.
	+3 letters: belemnite, blethered, celebrate, ejectable, electable, enterable, erectable, greenbelt, steerable, vegetable.
	+4 letters: belemnites, bellwether, benevolent, bestseller, blessedest, celebrated, celebrates, delectable, deliberate, depletable, detectable, deterrable, detestable, emblements, executable, expectable, extendable, extendible, extensible, greenbelts, penetra<

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
volkswagen beetle	2,535	beetle bug	75
beetle	1,643	stag beetle	71
japanese beetle	376	beetle june	69
new beetle	277	scarab beetle	61
beetle insect	217	pine beetle	59
volkswagen new beetle	166	rhinoceros beetle	56
beetle bailey	152	new beetle convertible	54
carpet beetle	131	beetle identification	53
powder post beetle	123	volkswagen beetle part	51
bark beetle	123	cucumber beetle	51
picture of beetle	122	beetle ju	51
beetle dung	121	beetle click	50
volkswagen beetle convertible	107	volkswagen beetle picture	48
vw new beetle	106	super beetle	48
vw beetle part	94	vw beetle convertible	48
used volkswagen beetle	90	vw beetle accessory	48
blister beetle	84	water beetle	47
beetle convertible	79	flea beetle	46
new beetle accessory	76	1999 volkswagen beetle	45
volkswagen beetle for sale	75	bailey beetle dog	44
		new beetle part	44
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Beetle, Carabus auratus" by Jens Kressler Commentary: "Beetle, Carabus auratus -on the ostsee beach-."	"Berlin - old beetle in bw" by Sandro Petri Commentary: "An old vw beetle in a street of berlin."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Beetle

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