ironclad beetle

noun

Any beetle of the subfamily Zopherinae which have exceedingly durable exoskeletons.

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Meanings

nounironclad beetle (plural ironclad beetles)

plural ironclad beetles

  1. Any beetle of the subfamily Zopherinae which have exceedingly durable exoskeletons.

Origin

From ironclad + beetle, from their especially hard exoskeletons.

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ironclad beetle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironclad%20beetle

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“ironclad beetle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironclad%20beetle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ironclad beetle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironclad%20beetle.

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