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bombardier beetle

Beetles that emit a spray when threatened
Taxon Organisms Known By A Particular Common Name Q15221944

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organisms known by a particular common name
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New International Encyclopedia[1][2]
🏷️ Also known as
en bombardier beetle ar خنفساء بومباردييه ar خنفساء أرضية de Bombardierkäfer el σκαθάρι βομβαρδιστής fa سوسک بمب‌افکن fr Coléoptère bombardier hi बॉम्बॉर्डियर बीटल ja ボンバルディアカブトムシ nl Besouro-bombardeiro ru бомбардир ru жук-бомбардир tr Bombardıman böceği uk жуки-бомбардири vi Bọ cánh cứng thả bom vi Carabidae zh 放屁虫
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Brachinus spPCCA20060328-2821B.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/bombardier-beetle
Freebase ID
/m/01j71n
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1877432
Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID
sj2021058116
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2781057692

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New International Encyclopedia
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  1. 22w ago · Aschiff-emco · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → organisms known by a particular common name
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New International Encyclopedia
    Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID → sj2021058116
    "Created claim: Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID: sj2021058116"
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