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词汇 diving beetle
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Definition of diving beetle in English:

diving beetle

noun
  • A predatory water beetle which has fringed back legs for swimming and which stores air under its wing cases while diving.

    龙虱

    Family Dytiscidae: numerous genera and species, including the great diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are some 500 different kinds of predaceous diving beetles in North America, and the largest grow to an inch and a half.
    • A pond is a little world in itself, he says, home to a dizzying array of creatures from frogs and newts to water boatmen, diving beetles, dragonflies and damselflies.
    • Predatory insects, such as dragonfly nymphs and diving beetles, may help mitigate bullfrog populations.
    • Predaceous diving beetles can't eat us - but we can eat them.
    • So it's an extraordinary diversity and the diving beetles are just one component.

Definition of diving beetle in US English:

diving beetle

noun
  • A predatory water beetle which has fringed back legs for swimming and which stores air under its wing cases while diving.

    龙虱

    Family Dytiscidae: numerous genera and species, including the great diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are some 500 different kinds of predaceous diving beetles in North America, and the largest grow to an inch and a half.
    • Predatory insects, such as dragonfly nymphs and diving beetles, may help mitigate bullfrog populations.
    • So it's an extraordinary diversity and the diving beetles are just one component.
    • Predaceous diving beetles can't eat us - but we can eat them.
    • A pond is a little world in itself, he says, home to a dizzying array of creatures from frogs and newts to water boatmen, diving beetles, dragonflies and damselflies.
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