bombardier beetle in English
noun
1
a ground beetle that when alarmed discharges a puff of hot irritant vapor from its anus with an audible pop.
One contributor to the conference gave a talk on ‘The efficiency of the explosive discharge of the bombardier beetle , with possible biomimetic applications’.
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1. Darwin’s assailant was the bombardier beetle.