| 单词 | water beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater beetle water beetle n. †(a) a backswimmer or greater water boatman (genus Notonecta) (obsolete rare); (b) any beetle that lives in water for at least part of its life cycle; esp. any of the aquatic members of the superfamilies Caraboidea and Hydrophiloidea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Adephaga (carnivorous beetles) > Hydradephaga (aquatic) > member of (water-beetle) water beetle1658 riffle beetle1916 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 143 And the like is observable in the belly of the Notonecton, or water-Beetle, which swimmeth on its back. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 46 Hydrocantharus, the Water-beetle. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 147 Water Beetles of several kinds, Boat-Flies, a Monoculus, and Cramp Spider. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlv. 254 The common water-beetle (Dytiscus marginalis). 1941 R. Headstrom Adventures with Microscope (1977) li. 194 The water beetle known as Hydrophilus..can be found in almost any body of fresh water. 2002 Fly Fisherman Feb. 35/2 There are water beetles.., mayflies, and small scuds in Pyramid [Lake]. < as lemmas |
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