Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A splendid South American beetle, Entimus imperialis, of the family Curculionidæ.
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Carlyle in his grey plaid suit, and his tub-chair, looking blandly at the Prince of Dandies; and the Prince of Dandies on an opposite chair, all resplendent as a diamond-beetle, looking blandly at/him/.
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Upon the next table (2) are the golden tropical beetles, whose wings are used by the natives as ornaments; the celebrated glow worms, the females of which emit a phosphorescent light, in order to attract the attention of the males -- thus these lights are love signals; the Brazilian diamond-beetle, a splendid insect, and the harlequin beetle.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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