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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
beetle .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ashnod suddenly realized that the beetlelike armor was the outer coverings of humanoid devices, and the soft flesh of the ogres was some type of mud.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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There were two types among the Korlisians: humans in beetlelike armor, and hulking brutes looking like soft, misshapen ogres.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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There were two types among the Korlisians: humans in beetlelike armor, and hulking brutes looking like soft, misshapen ogres.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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Ashnod suddenly realized that the beetlelike armor was the outer coverings of humanoid devices, and the soft flesh of the ogres was some type of mud.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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Then ducking her head, as if warding off a blow, the old woman scurried, beetlelike, down the street.
Briar Rose Yolen, Jane 1991
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Some four hundred meters below, the scurrying beetlelike activity of the I-A's main field sent up discordant roaring and clattering.
Operation Haystack Frank Patrick Herbert
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