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"Coleoptera" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Brushmaker. The brushmakers are supposed, probably on account of their throat-parching business, to be always thirsty. Brummed - growled - (Ger. Brummen). Brücke,(Ger.) - Bridge. Bugs - In America all insects, especially Coleoptera. Bummer,(Amer.) - A fellow haunting low taverns; applied during the late civil war in the United States to hangers-on of the army. Probably a corruption of the German bummler(loafer). Bumming - From Bummer. Bushwhackers - Guerillas. Bust his shell ...
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Words linked to "Coleoptera" : family Coccinellidae, Dytiscidae, Carabidae, Cleridae, family Gyrinidae, Curculionidae, family Staphylinidae, Lampyridae, family Dytiscidae, Staphylinidae, family Tenebrionidae, family Cicindelidae, family Curculionidae, Elateridae, Tenebrionidae, family Lampyridae, family Carabidae, Cicindelidae, Coccinellidae, family Cleridae, beetle, Lamellicornia, Hexapoda, family Ipidae, family Scolytidae, Insecta, order Coleoptera, Meloidae, family Bruchidae, Anobiidae, Dermestidae, superfamily Lamellicornia, Cerambycidae, class Hexapoda, animal order, family Elateridae, Chrysomelidae, family Chrysomelidae, Ipidae, Scolytidae, family Cerambycidae, class Insecta, family Meloidae, family Dermestidae, Gyrinidae, family Anobiidae, Bruchidae |
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