Meanings
nounbombardier beetle (plural bombardier beetles)
plural bombardier beetles
- A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from multiple lineages of Carabidae (ground beetles).
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 放屁蟲 /放屁虫
- 放屁蟲 /放屁虫 (fàngpìchóng)beetle
Finnish pommikiitäjäinen
- pommikiitäjäinenbeetle
French bombardier
- bombardierbeetle
German Bombardierkäfer
- Bombardierkäferbeetle
Japanese ボンバルディアビートル
- ボンバルディアビートル (bonbarudiabītoru)beetle
Korean 폭탄먼지벌레
- 폭탄먼지벌레 (poktanmeonjibeolle)beetle
Lithuanian bombožygiai
- bombožygiaibeetle
Polish bombardier
- bombardierbeetle
Portuguese besouro-bombardeiro
- besouro-bombardeirobeetle
Russian жук-бомбарди́р
- жук-бомбарди́р (žuk-bombardír)beetle
Spanish escarabajo bombardero
- escarabajo bombarderobeetle
Turkish domuzlan
- domuzlanbeetle
Cite this entry
APA
bombardier beetle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombardier%20beetle
MLA
“bombardier beetle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombardier%20beetle. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bombardier beetle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombardier%20beetle.
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