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Shrapnel is another one that takes on others forms – that of a stag beetle.
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HOBBIESBeetlemania Sweeps JapanNext time you feel like stepping on an insect, you might want to make sure it's not a stag beetle.
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He fetched a howl and bolted like -- like the dog in 'Tom Sawyer,' when he sat on the what's-its-name beetle.
Actions and Reactions Rudyard Kipling 1900
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[9] Probably the "_lucanus_" mentioned in Bk. XI., ch. 34, supposed to be the same as, the stag beetle.
Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. Isaac Myer 1869
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Lastly leaving dead wood in your garden will help the nationally threatened stag beetle.
Londonist 2009
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He sat for a while without speaking, watching me as if I were some kind of beetle.
Second Wind Francis, Dick 1999
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The more they eat the sooner they come out into the bright world as a June-bug or some other kind of beetle.
Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919
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You would think, to hear him talk, that orphans were a pernicious kind of beetle.
Dear Enemy Jean Webster 1896
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