tiger beetle

tiger beetle noun: any active, carnivorous beetle (species) of the subfamily Cicindelinae.

Noun

tiger beetle (plural tiger beetles)

Any active, carnivorous beetle (species) of the subfamily Cicindelinae.
- Most tiger beetle larvae tunnel in the soil.
- I was myself very successful in one beautiful group of insects, the tiger-beetles, which seem more abundant and varied here than anywhere else in the Archipelago. I first met with them on a cutting in the road, where a hard clayey bank was partially overgrown with mosses and small ferns.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 409

புலி வண்டு

any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae: خُنْفُسَاء نَمِرِيَّة ḵunfusāʔ namiriyya

any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae: kumbang harimau

plural	tiger beetles

What does tiger beetle mean?: Tiger beetle means any active, carnivorous beetle (species) of the subfamily Cicindelinae.
What is tiger beetle in Tamil?: Tiger beetle in Tamil is புலி வண்டு. See Tiger beetle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tiger beetle?: Tiger beetle is a noun.
What is the plural of tiger beetle?: The plural of tiger beetle is tiger beetles.

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