"oil beetle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oil beetles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} oil beetle (plural oil beetles)
  1. Any of the genus Meloe of blister beetles, which release oily droplets of toxic hemolymph from their joints when disturbed. Wikipedia link: oil beetle Categories (lifeform): Tenebrionoid beetles Translations (beetle of the genus Meloe): toukohärkä (Finnish), maik [masculine] (Polish), oleica [feminine] (Polish)

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