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beetle

/ˈbiːtl/noun

उच्चारण बीटल

भृंग, गुबरैला

Basic word

noun
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    an insect, often large and black, with a hard cover on its back

    भृंग, गुबरैला

    • a dung beetle
    • A shiny green beetle crawled across the leaf.
    • Some beetles can fly long distances at night.
    + 1 more example
    • The farmer found beetles eating the young crops.

    Synonyms insect bug weevil

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

a beetle / beetles (countable noun)

Beetle is a countable noun for an insect with a hard shell-like cover on its back. The plural is regular: beetles.

'Beetle' कठोर आवरण वाले कीड़े के लिए countable noun है। इसका plural नियमित है: beetles।

  • A black beetle crawled across the window sill.
  • Some beetles can fly, although most prefer to walk.

beetle + noun / noun + beetle

Beetle often combines with another word to name a kind: dung beetle, stag beetle, Colorado beetle, beetle larva.

'Beetle' अक्सर दूसरे शब्द से जुड़कर प्रकार का नाम बनाता है: dung beetle, stag beetle, Colorado beetle, beetle larva।

  • A dung beetle rolled a ball of dung along the path.
  • The beetle larva had damaged the wooden beam.

beetle (verb) + along / off / around

As an informal verb, beetle means to move quickly, usually with short steps. It is followed by a direction word such as off, along or around.

Informal क्रिया के रूप में 'beetle' का अर्थ छोटे-छोटे क़दमों से तेज़ी से चलना है। इसके बाद off, along या around जैसा दिशावाचक शब्द आता है।

  • The clerk beetled off to the next counter with her files.
  • Tourists beetled along the platform to catch the train.

beetle-browed / beetling (adjective use)

Beetle-browed describes a person with heavy, overhanging eyebrows. Beetling is a literary word for something that hangs out over the edge, as in beetling cliffs.

'Beetle-browed' भारी, लटकी हुई भौंहों वाले व्यक्ति का वर्णन करता है। 'Beetling' साहित्यिक शब्द है जो किनारे से बाहर लटकी हुई चीज़ का वर्णन करता है, जैसे beetling cliffs।

  • The beetle-browed old teacher glared at the noisy class.
  • A beetling cliff overhung the narrow road.
+Collocations 4

adjective + beetle

blacktinyshinyhungrywinglessgiant

  • A shiny green beetle sat on the mango leaf.

kind of beetle

dungstagladybirdrhinocerosground

  • The rhinoceros beetle is strong enough to carry a heavy load.

verb + beetle

crushspotcollectstudytrap

  • Radhika studied a beetle under the microscope.

beetle + noun

infestationlarvawingshellattack

  • A beetle infestation destroyed the stored wheat.
“More examples 6
  • The beetle lay on its back, kicking its tiny legs in the air.

भृंग अपनी पीठ के बल लेटा हुआ अपने नन्हे पैर हवा में चला रहा था।

  • Beetles form the largest group of insects on earth.

भृंग पृथ्वी पर कीड़ों का सबसे बड़ा समूह बनाते हैं।

  • The farmer sprayed neem oil to keep beetles away from the crop.

किसान ने फसल से भृंगों को दूर रखने के लिए नीम का तेल छिड़का।

  • The museum in Chennai has a collection of rare beetles from the Western Ghats.

चेन्नई के संग्रहालय में पश्चिमी घाट के दुर्लभ भृंगों का संग्रह है।

  • Pupils beetled off in all directions when the school bell rang.

स्कूल की घंटी बजते ही विद्यार्थी चारों दिशाओं में तेज़ी से निकल पड़े।

  • Radhika drew a labelled diagram of a beetle in her biology notebook.

राधिका ने अपनी जीव-विज्ञान की कॉपी में भृंग का नामांकित चित्र बनाया।

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

insect bug weevil

?Which word?

Keep apart beetle (an insect) and betel (paan, a leaf chewed in South Asia).

Beetle (कीट) और betel (पान, दक्षिण एशिया में चबाया जाने वाला पत्ता) को अलग रखिए।

✓In the exam

General knowledge

Science: beetles form the largest group of insects; the ladybird and the firefly are beetles.

विज्ञान में भृंग कीटों का सबसे बड़ा समूह हैं; ladybird और जुगनू (firefly) भृंग हैं।