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ground beetle

Any of several families of beetles that are primarily found on or near the ground. Milly screamed and ran across the backyard after she overturned a stone and disrupted a group of ground beetles.

See also: beetle, ground

beetle

n. the original Volkswagen automobile. I remember when people used to put big windup keys on their beetles to make them look like windup toys.