beatle

B2 · noun · m

Beatle

🪲 Spanish escarabajo-like: sounds like BEE-tul, a bug that is a beetle

The word is spelled like English beetle, so the sound itself is the hook. Note the given entry is odd: the Spanish word for beetle is escarabajo, and Beatle usually means a member of the band The Beatles.

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