gold beetle

American

noun

any of several beetles having a golden luster, as a chrysomelid, Metriona bicolor, that feeds on morning glories and roses.

gold beetle British

/ ˈɡəʊldˌbʌɡ /

noun

any American beetle of the family Chrysomelidae having a bright metallic lustre

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Deterred by none of the superstitious tremors which the unaccountable peregrinations of the gold beetle would have excited in one less intrepid, he quickly thrust his hand into his pocket to close it over another hand already there, a hand which beyond a first little start to escape, lay passive and unresisting, a hand soft and delicate, yet well-muscled withal, long-fingered and finely formed.

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Look at Poe's cypher in the Gold Beetle, and the chart in Treasure Island, and the Portuguee's scroll in King Solomon's Mines.—Ed.

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On her head was a crown of twisted tendrils, with a little gold beetle in front.

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Casting about for means to sober her,—an ungracious thing for a lover to do!—he hit upon the gold beetle.

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"That gold beetle in your hand is dead, and will never live or move again."

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