pinchbug

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pinchbug

(ˈpɪntʃˌbʌɡ)

a stag beetle

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It was a large black beetle with formidable jaws -- a "pinchbug," he called it.

He had but one marring thought; he was willing that the dog should play with his pinchbug, but he did not think it was upright in him to carry it off.

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