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Definition of Bombardier beetle

Bombardier beetle
Bombardier Bom`bar*dier", n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.) (a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner. [Archaic] (b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. Bombardier beetle (Zo["o]l.), a kind of beetle (Brachinus crepitans), so called because, when disturbed, it makes an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from its anal glands. The name is applied to other related species, as the B. displosor, which can produce ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American species is B. fumans.

Meaning of Bombardier beetle from wikipedia

- Bombardier beetles are ground beetles (Carabidae) in the tribes Brachinini, Paussini, Ozaenini, or Metriini—more than 500 species altogether—which are...
- Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan and Eddie Albert Bombardier beetle, insect of family Carabidae Bombardier Bitter, a beer brewed by Marston's in England This...
- ground beetles, and produce noxious or even caustic secretions used to deter would-be predators. In some, commonly known as bombardier beetles, these...
- kimaniae, colloquially known as the Asian bombardier beetle (miidera beetle in ****an) is a species of ground beetle from ****an, North and South Korea, and...
- Ant nest beetles (subfamily Paussinae) or paussines, some members of which are known also as flanged bombardier beetles, are a large subfamily within the...
- False bombardier beetle, is a species of beetle occurring in the eastern United States. Its mimicry of the colors and shape of a bombardier beetle help...
- the abdomen. African carabid beetles (for example, Anthia) employ the same chemicals as ants: formic acid. Bombardier beetles have well-developed pygidial...
- "The bombardier beetle and its chemical explosion". Angewandte Chemie. 73: 1–7. doi:10.1002/ange.19610730102. Weber CG (Winter 1981). "The Bombardier Beetle...
- Nearctic bombardier beetles (Carabidae, Brachininae, Brachinus (Neobrachinus)). ZooKeys, 1131, 155. Erwin, T. L. (1969). A reclassification of bombardier beetles...
- occurs in most fungi. One unique use of catalase occurs in the bombardier beetle. This beetle has two sets of liquids that are stored separately in two paired...