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devil's coach-horse

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large black European rove beetle, Staphylinus olens or Ocypus olens.

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  • French: ocype odorant — Translations
  • French: staphylin odorant — Translations
  • French: staphylin noir — Translations
  • Hungarian: bűzös holyva — Translations
  • Irish: deargadaol — Translations
  • Portuguese: alacrara — Translations
  • Portuguese: lacrau-russo — Translations
  • Portuguese: cocheiro-do-diabo — Translations
  • Portuguese: alacroa — Translations
  • Russian: стафили́н паху́чий (stafilín paxúčij) — Translations
  • Russian: быстроно́г воню́чий (bystronóg vonjúčij) — Translations