tiger beetle
Noun 1. active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects (hypernym) beetle (member-holonym) Cicindelidae, family Cicindelidae | ||||
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Tiger beetle Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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tiger beetle
tiger beetle
n : active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects
tiger beetle
(zo?l.), any one of numerous species of active carnivorous beetles of the family cicindelid?. they usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly...
see tiger
tiger beetle
n : active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects
tiger beetle
(zo?l.), any one of numerous species of active carnivorous beetles of the family cicindelid?. they usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly...
see tiger
Tiger beetle Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Tiger beetle
The tiger beetles are a large group of beetles known for their predatory habits.
Taxonomically, the beetles were traditionally classified as the family Cicindelidae but most authorities now treat them as the subfamily Cicindelinae of the Carabidae (ground beetles). The most recent classifications, however, have relegated them to a subgroup within the subfamily Carabinae, though this is not yet universally accepted; accordingly, there is no consensus classification for this group, at any level from family down to subspecies, and it can be exceedingly difficult to decipher the taxonomic literature surrounding this group. There are about 2,100 species known, with numbers ranging much higher or lower depending on the authority consulted.
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