beetle

noun/ˈbiːtəl/

Frequency rank: #7,371 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a type of insect with a hard shell covering its wings.

Illustration for the English word “beetle”

Example sentence

We found a shiny beetle crawling slowly across the leaf in the garden.

Synonyms & related words

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