fiddle beetle

English

Etymology

So called from its shape.

Noun

fiddle beetle (plural fiddle beetles)

1. A Japanese carabid beetle (Carabus blaptoides).
2. Any of certain species of genus Mormolyce.

References

• “fiddle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.