# beetles

Pronunciation: say "BEE-duhlz" /ˈbiɾəɫz/

## Noun

1. Plural of beetle. — plural of beetle
   - Simple: Plural of beetle. Use this form when you mean more than one beetle.
   - _The biologist counted three species of beetles on a single fallen branch._
   - _Iridescent beetles glittered in the museum's display case._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of beetle. — third-person singular simple present indicative of beetle
   - Simple: Third-person singular of beetle. Use this form after he, she, or it.
   - _The little terrier beetles down the hallway whenever the doorbell rings._
   - _Whenever the lecture ends, she beetles across campus to her next class._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/beetles (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).