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Definition: bombardier beetle
bombardier beetle
n : beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bombardier beetle
Bombardier
\Bom`bar*dier"\, n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.)
(a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a
gunner. [Archaic]
(b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
[1913 Webster]
Bombardier beetle (Zo["o]l.), a kind of beetle (
Brachinus crepitans
), so called because, when disturbed, it makes
an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from
its anal glands. The name is applied to other related
species, as the
Brachinus displosor, which can produce
ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American
species is
Brachinus fumans.
[1913 Webster]
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