TIGER BEETLE

Meaning of TIGER BEETLE in English

any of numerous active, usually brightly colored beetles, of the family Cicindelidae, that prey on other insects.

[ 1820-30 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TIGER BEETLE — noun Date: 1826 any of numerous active carnivorous beetles (family Cicindelidae) having larvae that tunnel in the soil
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TIGER BEETLE — Any of some 2,000 species (family Cicindelidae) of voracious beetles , found worldwide but mostly in the tropics and subtropics. …
Английский словарь Британика
TIGER BEETLE — noun : any of numerous active rapid-flying carnivorous beetles constituting the family Cicindelidae and having larvae that live in tunnels …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIGER BEETLE — Date: 1826 : any of numerous active carnivorous beetles (family Cicindelidae) having larvae that tunnel in the soil
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIGER BEETLE — Function: noun Date: 1826 : any of numerous active carnivorous beetles (family Cicindelidae) having larvae that tunnel in the soil
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TIGER BEETLE — ■ noun a fast-running predatory beetle with spotted or striped wing cases. [Family Cicindelidae: many species.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
TIGER BEETLE — [tiger beetle] n (1826): any of numerous active carnivorous beetles (family Cicindelidae) having larvae that tunnel in the soil
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TIGER BEETLE — any member of the approximately 2,000 species of the insect family Cicindelidae (order Coleoptera). The name derives from their voracious …
Britannica English vocabulary
TIGER BEETLE — Any of some 2,000 species (family Cicindelidae) of voracious beetles , found worldwide but mostly in the tropics and subtropics. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TIGER-BEETLE — зоол. жук-скакун (Cicindelidae) (зоология) жук-скакун (Cicindelidae)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIGER-BEETLE — n зоол. жук-скакун ( Cicindelidae )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TIGER-BEETLE — зоол. жук-скакун (Cicindelidae)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TIGER BEETLE — (n) жук-скакун
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TIGER-BEETLE — n зоол. жук-скакун ( Cicindelidae )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TIGER-BEETLE — n зоол. жук-скакун ( Cicindelidae )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TIGER BEETLE — скакун (Cicindela); pl скакуны (Cicindelidae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
TIGER BEETLE — скакун ( Cicindela ) ; pl скакуны ( Cicindelidae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
TIGER-BEETLE — зоол. жук-скакун (Cicindelidae) (зоология) жук-скакун (Cicindelidae)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIGER — I Reddish tan, striped great cat ( Panthera tigris ) of forests, grasslands, and swamps in eastern Russia, South Asia, …
Английский словарь Британика
BEETLE — I Any of at least 250,000 species of insects constituting the order Coleoptera (the largest order in the animal kingdom), …
Английский словарь Британика
TIGER — I. ˈtīgə(r) noun ( plural tigers also tiger ) Etymology: Middle English tigre, from Old English tiger & Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEETLE — I. ˈbēd. ə l, -ēt ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bityl, betylle, from Old English bitula, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIGER — (n.) A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.
Английский словарь Webster
TIGER — (n.) A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and …
Английский словарь Webster
BEETLE — (v. t.) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton …
Английский словарь Webster
TIGER — ( n. ) A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TIGER — ( n. ) A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEETLE — ( v. t. ) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TIGER — — tigerlike , adj. /tuy"geuhr/ , n. , pl. tigers , ( esp. collectively for 1, 2, 5 ) tiger …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEETLE — beetle 1 /beet"l/ , n. , v. , beetled, beetling . n. 1. any of numerous insects of the order …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEETLE — v. go somewhere quickly; move like a beetle, move forward, make one's way; scurry (British usage); ram or crush a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BEETLE — I. ˈbē-t ə l noun Etymology: Middle English betylle, from Old English bitula; akin to bītan to bite Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIGER — noun ( plural tigers ) Etymology: Middle English tigre, from Old English tiger & Anglo-French tigre, both from Latin tigris, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIGER — noun fig.: a ferocious, bloodthirsty person. 2. tiger ·noun a pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar. 3. tiger …
Webster English vocab
BEETLE — vt to beat with a heavy mallet. 2. beetle ·vt a heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, ·etc. …
Webster English vocab
TIGER — [ti.ger] n, pl tigers [ME tigre, fr. OE tiger & OF tigre, both fr. L tigris, fr. Gk, prob. of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEETLE — [bee.tle] n [ME betylle, fr. OE bitula; akin to bitan to bite] (bef. 12c) 1: any of an order (Coleoptera) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TIGER — (Panthera tigris; also Neofelis tigris, or Leo tigris), great cat of Asia, the largest member of the cat family (Felidae). …
Britannica English vocabulary
BEETLE — (order Coleoptera), any of at least 250,000 species of insects (the largest order in the animal kingdom), principally characterized by …
Britannica English vocabulary
TIGER — tiger BrE AmE ˈtaɪɡ ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ tiger|s z ▶ ˈ tiger cat BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TIGER — / ˈtaɪgə(r); NAmE / noun a large wild animal of the cat family, that has yellowish fur with black lines …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEETLE — / ˈbiːtl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. an insect, often large and black, with a hard case …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIGER — ti ‧ ger /ˈtaɪɡə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: tigre …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BEETLE — Beetle BrE AmE British English , ‖ Bug American English informal a small car made by Volkswagen which has a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIGER — n. 1 a large Asian flesh-eating feline, Panthera tigris, having a yellow-brown coat with black stripes. 2 a fierce, energetic, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BEETLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a tool with a heavy head and a handle, used for ramming, crushing, driving wedges, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TIGER — n. 1 a large Asian flesh-eating feline, Panthera tigris, having a yellow-brown coat with black stripes. 2 a fierce, energetic, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEETLE — n. & v. n. 1 a tool with a heavy head and a handle, used for ramming, crushing, driving wedges, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEETLE — n. & v. n. 1 any insect of the order Coleoptera, with modified front wings forming hard protective cases closing …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TIGER — n.1 a large Asian flesh-eating feline, Panthera tigris, having a yellow-brown coat with black stripes. 2 a fierce, energetic, or …
Oxford English vocab
BEETLE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. any insect of the order Coleoptera, with modified front wings forming hard protective cases …
Oxford English vocab
TIGER — ( tigers) A tiger is a large fierce animal belonging to the cat family. Tigers are orange with black stripes. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIGER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES paper tiger COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN paper ▪ But it remains difficult to see …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEETLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE black ▪ Tiny, polished black pollen beetles crawled over her hand: she had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TIGER — n. tiger's eye sabre toothed tiger Tasmanian tiger tiger beetle tiger moth tiger shark tiger swallowtail Woods Tiger Flying Tigers …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TIGER — n. Reddish tan, striped great cat ( Panthera tigris ) of forests, grasslands, and swamps in eastern Russia, South Asia, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BEETLE — n. ladybird beetle snout beetle bark beetle blister beetle Colorado potato beetle cucumber beetle deathwatch beetle dermestid beetle dung beetle …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TIGER — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ man-eating ▪ sabretooth/sabertooth , sabre-toothed/saber-toothed ▪ paper ( figurative ) ▪ They view America as a paper …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TIGER — сущ. 1) тигр (животное) Bengal tiger ≈ бенгальский тигр man-eating tiger ≈ тигр-людоед saber-toothed tiger ≈ саблезубый тигр Siberian tiger …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEETLE — I 1. сущ. 1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) 'жук' (ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen) ∙ blind …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIGER — tiger.ogg ʹtaıgə n 1. 1> зоол. тигр ( Tigris tigris ) red tiger - пума, кугуар Bengal tiger - бенгальский …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BEETLE — beetle.ogg _I 1. ʹbi:tl n 1. 1> жук carpet beetle - ковровый жучок 2> энт. отряд жесткокрылых ( Coleoptera ) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BEETLE — I 1. beetle сущ.1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) "жук" (ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen)•• blind as …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TIGER — n 1. 1> зоол. тигр ( Tigris tigris ) red tiger - пума, кугуар Bengal tiger - бенгальский тигр sabre-toothed …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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