beetle
Example Sentences
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In a paper published in the journal “Cell,” they break down the remarkable ability of one species of rove beetle to live among the typically combative ants.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
“So the kind of behavior and cell biology that’s required to integrate the beetle into the nest is the very thing that stops it ever leaving the colony,” Parker said, describing it as a “Catch-22.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
People can also volunteer to survey trees for signs of the dreaded beetle, allowing them to “do something instead of just worrying about it,” Nobua-Behrmann said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026
The methylglycosides are also resistant to beetle enzymes that would normally break them down and restore their toxicity through hydrolysis.
From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026
It meant beetle, like the glittering gold one on the cover.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
