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Categories: Articles with 'species' microformats, Brachininae, Paussinae, Insect common names
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bombardier beetle  Bombadier Beetle  Bombardier beatle  Bombardier beetle burn  bombardier beetles
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Beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed WordNet 3.0
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Bombardier beetles are ground beetles in the tribes Brachinini, Paussini, Ozaenini, or Metriini—more than 500 species altogether—which are most notable for the defense mechanism that gives them their name: when disturbed, they eject a hot noxious chemical spray from the tip of the abdomen with a popping sound. Wikipedia
Insect of family Carabidae Wikipedia Disambiguation
Beetles that emit a spray when threatened Wikidata
A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from a number of subfamilies: Carabinae (e.g., Brachinus crepitans), Metriinae (e.g., Stenaptinus insignis) and Paussinae (e.g., Goniotropis nicaraguensis). Wiktionary
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