Beetle vs. Tarantula

Beetlenoun

Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.

Beetlenoun

(uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.

Beetlenoun

A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

Beetlenoun

A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.

Beetleverb

To move away quickly, to scurry away.

Beetleverb

To loom over; to extend or jut.

Beetleverb

To beat with a heavy mallet.

Beetleverb

To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.

Beetleadjective

Protruding, jutting, overhanging. (As in beetle brows.)

Beetlenoun

A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

Beetlenoun

A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; - called also beetling machine.

Beetlenoun

Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera.

Beetleverb

To beat with a heavy mallet.

Beetleverb

To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.

Beetleverb

To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.

Beetlenoun

insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

Beetlenoun

a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing

Beetleverb

be suspended over or hang over;

Beetleverb

fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle;

Beetleverb

beat with a beetle

Beetleadjective

jutting or overhanging;

Beetle

Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects.

Tarantulanoun

Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.

Tarantulanoun

A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, native to southern Europe.

Tarantulanoun

A member of certain other groups of spiders, generally characterized by large size, hairiness, or membership with the Theraphosidae in infraorder Mygalomorphae.

Tarantulanoun

Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliæ). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.

Tarantulanoun

large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)

Tarantulanoun

large hairy tropical spider that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites

Tarantulanoun

a very large hairy spider found chiefly in tropical and subtropical America, some kinds of which are able to catch small lizards, frogs, and birds.

Tarantulanoun

a large black wolf spider of southern Europe, whose bite was formerly believed to cause tarantism.

Tarantula

Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae (technically, spiders possess setae, not true hairs.) Currently, 1,010 species have been identified. The term tarantula is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although many other members of the same infraorder (Mygalomorphae) are commonly referred to as or .