devil's coach-horse

devil's coach-horse
A large black European rove beetle, Staphylinus olens or Ocypus olens.

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  • devil's coach-horse — noun A large dark coloured beetle (Staphylinus olens) that turns up its tail when threatened • • • Main Entry: ↑devil …   Useful english dictionary

  • Devil's coach horse beetle — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

  • devil's coach horse — n. large black omnivorous beetle with a long body …   English contemporary dictionary

  • devil's coach-horse — noun Brit. a large black predatory rove beetle which raises its hind end and opens its jaws threateningly when disturbed. [Staphylinus olens.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • The Devil's Coach Horses — is a 1925 essay by J. R. R. Tolkien ( Devil s coach horse is a British expression for a particular kind of rove beetle).Tolkien draws attention to the devil s steeds called eaueres in Hali Meidhad , translated boar in the Early English Text… …   Wikipedia

  • devil — O.E. deofol evil spirit, a devil, the devil, false god, diabolical person, from L.L. diabolus (also the source of It. diavolo, Fr. diable, Sp. diablo; Ger. Teufel is O.H.G. tiufal, from Latin via Goth. diabaulus), from Ecclesiastical Gk. diabolos …   Etymology dictionary

  • devil — n. & v. n. 1 (usu. the Devil) (in Christian and Jewish belief) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. 2 a an evil spirit; a demon; a superhuman malignant being. b a personified evil force or attribute. 3 a a wicked or cruel person. b a mischievously… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Devil — n. & v. n. 1 (usu. the Devil) (in Christian and Jewish belief) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. 2 a an evil spirit; a demon; a superhuman malignant being. b a personified evil force or attribute. 3 a a wicked or cruel person. b a mischievously… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Devil (disambiguation) — The Devil is a figure in some religions, particularly Abrahamic ones. Devil may also refer to: In music: Devil (Babes in Toyland album) Devil (Die Ärzte album), a reissue of the 1984 Die Ärzte album Debil Devils (Xmal Deutschland album) Devils… …   Wikipedia

  • horse — Synonyms and related words: Al Borak, American trotter, Amytal, Amytal pill, Angora goat, Appaloosa, Arabian, Arctic fox, Barb, Barbary horse, Belgian, Belgian hare, Black Beauty, Caffre cat, Citation, Cleveland Bay, Demerol, Dolophine, French… …   Moby Thesaurus

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