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Meaning of tiger beetle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any active, carnivorous beetle (species) of the subfamily Cicindelinae.

Equivalents

العربية الخنفساء النمرية
Deutsch Sandlaufkäfer
Suomi hietakiitäjäinen
Français cicindèle
Gaeilge ciaróg thíograch
Italiano cicindela
日本語 ハンミョウ 斑猫
Te Reo Māori moeone
Polski trzyszcz
Русский жук-скаку́н
Türkçe kaplan böcek uyuz sineği
中文 虎甲

Examples

“Most tiger beetle larvae tunnel in the soil.”
“I also noticed a couple of tiger beetle larval burrows in the hard-packed sandy soil and found a long, thin plant stem to “fish” the larvae out.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

tiger bench tiger blood tiger bread tiger cage tiger cat tiger chair

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