oil beetle oil-bearing • oilberry · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · oil beetle · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 10 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) any of various beetles that exude an oily substance from the leg joints that deters enemies. Synonyms: oil beetle. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 b latin small letter b U+0062 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C o latin small letter o U+006F t latin small letter t U+0074