Brachinus fumans

Brachinus fumans: Bombardier Bom`bar*dier", n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.) (a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner. [Archaic] (b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. [1913 Webster]
{Bombardier beetle} (Zo["o]l.), a kind of beetle ({Brachinus crepitans}), so called because, when disturbed, it makes an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from its anal glands. The name is applied to other related species, as the {Brachinus displosor}, which can produce ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American species is {Brachinus fumans}. [1913 Webster]

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Brachinus crepitans — Bombardier Bom bar*dier , n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.) (a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner. [Archaic] (b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. [1913 Webster] {Bombardier beetle} (Zo[ o]l.), a kind of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brachinus displosor — Bombardier Bom bar*dier , n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.) (a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner. [Archaic] (b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. [1913 Webster] {Bombardier beetle} (Zo[ o]l.), a kind of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bombardier — Bom bar*dier , n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.) (a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner. [Archaic] (b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. [1913 Webster] {Bombardier beetle} (Zo[ o]l.), a kind of beetle… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bombardier beetle — Bombardier Bom bar*dier , n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.) (a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner. [Archaic] (b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. [1913 Webster] {Bombardier beetle} (Zo[ o]l.), a kind of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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