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- noun Plural form of
beetle . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
beetle .
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Examples
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The effect it has on the beetles is extraordinary.
Beetle Mania 2010
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The effect it has on the beetles is extraordinary.
Beetle Mania 2010
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In both appearance and behavior, they're closely related to the flesh-eating beetles from the remake of The Mummy.
Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008
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In both appearance and behavior, they're closely related to the flesh-eating beetles from the remake of The Mummy.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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The use of freeze-dried beetles is a dead give away.
Clues? 2003
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The collection of beetles is somewhat larger, but still is nothing remarkable.
Six Months in Mexico 1888
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Friggin Japanese beetles, I love my rose, and they're eating it, even the flowers.
Corrente 2010
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By the following Sunday, they had Doc working it into a prophetic conference, and in a board meeting the following month, Pastor Fell had indicated that he had a friend quite willing to appear from outer space in a sleigh or any other conveyance drawn by sheep, reindeer, goats, cats, stag beetles, or porpologulous rhygmachomps providing he was subsequently proclaimed king.
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If we do keep up with the recent sunny pattern in the Flakes, the beetles will be a problem on top of the already mildew that has set in.
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The questions all begin to bleed together, and I find myself wanting to talk about quasars or stag beetles or plate tectonics or just about anything at all except my books and writing.
"Bathsheba of my choosing" ericmvan 2009
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