stink beetle

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English

Noun

stink beetle (plural stink beetles)

  1. Any of various beetles that produce a foul odour.
    • 1920 August 14, The Journal, Adelaide, South Australia, page 14, column 4:
      [...] larve of a stink beetle (Adelium neophytum), and green flies.
  2. A stink bug.