bombardier beetle

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   beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed

   Broaderground beetle

   Part ofBrachinus

Questions about bombardier beetle

What does bombardier beetle mean?

bombardier beetle means "beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed".

Is bombardier beetle a common word?

bombardier beetle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.