bee beetle

American  

noun

1. a European beetle, Trichodes apiarius, which sometimes infests beehives.

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bee beetle British  

noun

1. a European beetle, Trichodes apiarius , that is often parasitic in beehives: family Cleridae

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bee beetle

Every fly, bee, beetle, and butterfly is provided with six feet.

From Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed

Elsewhere were sowers who went forth to sow; And all the jungle laughed with nesting-songs, And all the thickets rustled with small life Of lizard, bee, beetle, and creeping things, Pleased at the springtime.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Hamilton Wright Mabie

And all the jungle laughed with nesting songs, And all the thickets rustled with small life Of lizard, bee, beetle, and creeping things Pleased at the spring time.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Douglas Dewar

Elsewhere were sowers who went forth to sow; And all the jungle laughed with nesting-songs, And all the thickets rustled with small life Of lizard, bee, beetle, and creeping things Pleased at the spring-time.

From The Light of Asia by Sir Edwin Arnold

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