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böcek — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beetle noun An insect with hard, protective forewings that cover its flying wings.
  • bug noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
  • insect noun A small six-legged creature with a hard outer shell, typically with wings, such as an ant, beetle, or fly.

Senses

böcek is used for these senses in English:

  • beetle Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
  • bug (chiefly, _, computing, engineering, _, jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
  • bug (slang, US, horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
  • spiny lobster a crustacean superficially resembling a true lobster, belonging to the family Palinuridae.

beetle — full definition

  1. noun An insect with hard, protective forewings that cover its flying wings.
  2. verb To move away hastily or scurry off.

bug — full definition

  1. noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
  2. noun An error or flaw in a computer program or piece of software.
  3. noun A minor, usually short-lived illness, or the germ that causes it.
  4. noun A hidden device used to secretly record or transmit conversations.
  5. verb To annoy or irritate someone.

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