plural of sea beet

Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima, the wild ancestor of the cultivated beets which occurs naturally on Atlantic and Mediterranean beaches and salt marshes from northern Europe to North Africa.

Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.

To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.

Protruding, jutting, overhanging.

To loom over; to extend or jut.

A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

To beat with a heavy mallet. / To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.

plural of beetle

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beetle