bombardier beetle

English

An American bombardier beetle, Brachinus sp.

Noun

bombardier beetle (plural bombardier beetles)

1. A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from a number of subfamilies: Carabinae (e.g., Brachinus crepitans), Metriinae (e.g., Stenaptinus insignis) and Paussinae (e.g., Goniotropis nicaraguensis).

Translations

beetle

• Finnish: pommikiitäjäinen
• French: bombardier (fr) m
• German: Bombardierkäfer (de)
• Korean: 폭탄먼지벌레 (poktanmeonjibeolle)
• Lithuanian: bombožygiai
• Portuguese: besouro-bombardeiro m
• Russian: жук-бомбарди́р (ru) m (žuk-bombardír)
• Spanish: escarabajo bombardero m

References

• bombardier beetle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia