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beetle-headed

beetle-headed

9.2
With a head shaped like a beetle
  • adjective
translation icon : con cabeza de escarabajo
  • The statue depicted a beetle-headed creature guarding the entrance to the temple.

Examples

  • In the story, a mysterious beetle-headed figure appeared in the shadows of the forest.

  • The artist drew a beetle-headed character for his new comic book series.

  • What a beetle-headed design!

  • The beetle-headed character in the novel was quite memorable.

  • The statue depicted a beetle-headed creature with large, glossy eyes and a domed forehead.

  • He wrote about a beetle-headed character who struggled to fit in with the other monsters.

  • The beetle-headed design of the car gives it a unique and striking appearance.

Synonyms

insectoid
vsbeetle-headed
3 7.1

Looks like an insect with many legs and a hard body

focuses only on head shape rather than whole body
insectile
vsbeetle-headed
1 7.5

Having the look or movement of a bug

limits that resemblance to head shape alone
insectlike
vsbeetle-headed
4.0

Having the look or movement of an insect

applies only to head appearance not to whole form

How Insect-Like

insectoid
3 7.1
beetle-headed
9.2
normal
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

beetle-headed positive

Morphology

beetle-headed = beetle + headed (transparent) = beetle + head + ed

Formed by compounding 'beetle' + 'headed' (head + -ed); the literal meaning 'having a beetle-like head' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Beetle-headed mixes the insect beetle and the ending -headed, which means 'having a head like'. Picture a statue or drawing with a hard, rounded insect head. So, it means having a head that looks like a beetle.