oil beetle

English

Noun

oil beetle (plural oil beetles)

Any of the genus Meloe of blister beetles, which release oily droplets of toxic hemolymph from their joints when disturbed.

Translations

beetle of the genus Meloe

Finnish: toukohärkä (fi)

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