fiddle beetle

English

Etymology

So called from its shape.

Noun

fiddle beetle (plural fiddle beetles)

  1. A Japanese carabid beetle (Carabus blaptoides).
  2. Any of certain species of genus Mormolyce.

References
  • fiddle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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