diving beetle — noun Any beetle of the family Dytiscidae … Wiktionary
diving beetle — n. predatory water beetle that breathes while under water using air contained under its elytra … English contemporary dictionary
diving beetle — noun a predatory water beetle which stores air under its wing cases for swimming underwater. [Family Dytiscidae: numerous species.] … English new terms dictionary
diving beetle — /ˈdaɪvɪŋ bitl/ (say duyving beetl) noun any of the predacious beetles that constitute the family Dytiscidae, adapted for swimming and diving …
diving beetle — noun : a beetle of the family Dytiscidae habitually living under water and rising to the surface to obtain air … Useful english dictionary
diving beetle — noun Date: circa 1889 any of various predatory aquatic beetles (family Dytiscidae) that breathe while submerged using air trapped under their elytra … New Collegiate Dictionary
diving beetle — any of numerous predaceous water beetles of the family Dytiscidae, having the body adapted for swimming. * * * … Universalium
predaceous diving beetle — ▪ insect also called diving beetle , or true water beetle, any of more than 4,000 species of carnivorous, aquatic beetles (insect order Coleoptera) that prey on organisms ranging from other insects to fish larger than themselves. Diving… … Universalium
Great Diving Beetle — Taxobox name = Great diving beetle image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Dytiscidae genus = Dytiscus species = D. marginalis binomial = Dytiscus marginalis binomial authority =… … Wikipedia
Diving — Div ing, a. That dives or is used or diving. [1913 Webster] {Diving beetle} (Zo[ o]l.), any beetle of the family {Dytiscid[ae]}, which habitually lives under water; called also {water tiger}. {Diving bell}, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
