BEETLE
NOUNS
1790 ► BLACK BOB a small black beetle; a cockroach → Eng. dial.
1790 ► DUMBLEDORE a black beetle, a cockchafer → Eng. dial.
19C.. ► DOY a beetle, a cockroach → Eng. dial.
1831 ► STRADDLE-BUG a long-legged beetle; any long-legged insect → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1882 ► THUNDER-CLOCK a large beetle → Eng. dial.
1898 ► BESSY-CLOCKER a black beetle Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BLACK-DOY a black beetle → Eng. dial (Bk.).
1898 ► BOB a beetle, a small insect, a louse → Eng. dial (Bk.).
1904 ► SCARN-BEE a beetle → Eng. dial (Bk.).
1905 ► RAIN-CLOCK the common black beetle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► BEETLE-BEE a flying beetle; a humming beetle → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BLACK-CLOCK a black beetle; a cockroach → Sc. (Bk.).
1951 ► COFFEE BEAN a whirligig beetle → Amer. dial.
1967 ► LAMP BUG a large beetle, as June bug → Amer. dial.
1969 ► LIGHT BUG a beetle, moth, or other insect attracted to light → Amer. dial.
1970 ► CHILD OF THE EARTH a beetle → Amer. dial.
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