beetle

nouns

insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
beetle
is a member of
beetles
Coleoptera, order Coleoptera
is a type of (narrower)
small air-breathing arthropod
insect
a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
beetle, mallet

verbs

be suspended over or hang over
"This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
beetle, overhang
fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
"He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"
beetle
is a type of (narrower)
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
"How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
go, locomote, move, travel
beat with a beetle
beetle
is a type of (narrower)
hit repeatedly
"beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
beat

adjectives

jutting or overhanging
"beetle brows"
beetle, beetling