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Insect With Hardened Forewings Scurry Crossword Clue

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noun

• insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

• a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing

adjective satellite

• jutting or overhanging

verb

• be suspended over or hang over

• fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle

• beat with a beetle

43%10Insect order with forewings hardened at the base
noun

• insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

43%9 A type of insect with hardened forewings
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