Cockroach vs. Beetle

Cockroachnoun

A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.

Cockroachnoun

A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.

Cockroachnoun

A Tutsi.

Cockroachnoun

A derogatory term for a black-clad and black-masked protester in Hong Kong during the 2019 protests.

Cockroachnoun

An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.

Cockroachnoun

any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests

Cockroach

Cockroaches (or roaches) are insects of the order Blattodea, which also includes termites. About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats.

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.