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TIGER BEETLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tiger beetle mean?
• TIGER BEETLE (noun)
The noun TIGER BEETLE has 1 sense:
1. active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects
Familiarity information: TIGER BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("tiger beetle" is a kind of...):
beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)
Holonyms ("tiger beetle" is a member of...):
Cicindelidae; family Cicindelidae (tiger beetles)
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