Red-and-black beetle Crossword Clue

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Red-and-black beetle Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BEETLE (verb)
1. be suspended over or hang over
2. beat with a beetle
BEETLE (noun)
1. 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
2. insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
BEETLE (adjective)
1. jutting or overhanging
BLACK (verb)
1. make or become black
BLACK (noun)
1. popular child actress of the 1930’s (born in 1928)
2. the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
BLACK (adjective)
1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
2. extremely dark

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