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TWO CHAMPION competitors duked it out last month in Thailand, where beetle-fight season is in full swing. Spectators place bets of up to 100 baht baht  
n. pl. bahts or baht
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[Thai bt.]

Noun 1.
 ($2.68) on the fights, in which the beetle that lifts its opponent up by its horns wins. Owners give their prize beetles beetles

members of the insect order Coleoptera. They are common intermediate hosts for tapeworms.


darkling beetles
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Title Annotation:beetle-fight season in Thailand
Publication:New York Times Upfront
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:9THAI
Date:Oct 23, 2006
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