fiddle beetle

English

Etymology

So called from its shape.

Noun

fiddle beetle (plural fiddle beetles)

A Japanese carabid beetle (Carabus blaptoides).
Any of certain species of genus Mormolyce.

References

“fiddle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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