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diving beetle

diving beetle noun: any beetle of the family Dytiscidae.

diving beetle: any beetle of the family Dytiscidae
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Noun

diving beetle (plural diving beetles)

  1. Any beetle of the family Dytiscidae.

Forms of diving beetle

pluraldiving beetles

Words formed from diving beetle

  • great diving beetle
  • predaceous diving beetle

Questions about diving beetle

What does diving beetle mean?
Diving beetle means any beetle of the family Dytiscidae.
What part of speech is diving beetle?
Diving beetle is a noun.
What is the plural of diving beetle?
The plural of diving beetle is diving beetles.

Words near diving beetle in the dictionary

  1. diviners
  2. divines
  3. divinest
  4. divineth
  5. diving
  6. diving beetle
  7. diving beetles
  8. diving bell
  9. diving bell spider
  10. diving bell spiders
  11. diving bells

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