| 单词 | tiger-beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmastiger-beetle tiger-beetle n. any species of the family Cicindelidæ, characterized by variegated colouring, activity, and voracity. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Adephaga (carnivorous beetles) > Geadephaga (terrestrial) > family Carabidae > member of subfamily Cicindelidae tiger-beetle1826 scale-beetle1855 sparkler1860 doodlebugc1866 cicindelid1914 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 152 That beautiful tiger-beetle, the Cicindela campestris L., not uncommon on warm sunny banks. 1835 J. Duncan Nat. Hist. Beetles (Naturalist's Libr.: Entomol. II) 115 The majority are variegated with spots and streaks of yellow. Their rapacity and agile movements have procured for them the name of Tiger-beetles. 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. 409 One beautiful group of insects, the tiger-beetles. < as lemmas |
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