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ox beetle

noun

Etymology

From ox + beetle, from its large size and the males' horns.

  1. inherited from *bitilô✻
  2. inherited from *bitilō✻
  3. inherited from bitula
  4. inherited from bitle
  5. compounded as ox beetle — “ox + beetle”

Definitions

  1. Strategus aloeus, a large species of New World rhinoceros beetles.

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