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Iβm a word, six letters longΝΎ I sometimes enter with a gong. All in order from A to Z, I start with the letter B. What is the word?
Often held but never touched. Always wet but never rusts. Often bits but seldom bit. To use it well you must have wit.
I am never quite what I appear to be. Straight-forward I seem, but it's only skin deep. For mystery most often lies beneath my simple speech. Sharpen your wits, open your eyes, look beyond my exteriors, read me backwards, forwards, upside down. Think and answer the question...
He has married many women but has never married.
My first is a creature whose breeding is unclear. My second, a price you must pay. My whole can be found in the river of Time and refers to events of today.
It is an insect, and the first part of its name is the name of another insect. What is it?