Beetles

/ˈbiːtəlz/ noun

Insects with hard wing covers and six legs, or to move quickly and busily around like The Beatles did.

From Old English 'bitela,' related to 'bite' due to the insect's strong jaws, becoming 'beetle' by the 1300s; also used as a verb meaning 'to hurry about busily.'

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