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Water beetle

Water beetle Meaning & Definition
Water beetle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Water beetle?

[n] any of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimming

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See Also | beetle | Dytiscidae | family Dytiscidae

Water beetle In Webster's Dictionary

\Wa"ter bee"tle\ (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to {Dytiscus} and allied genera of the family {Dytiscid[ae]}, and to various genera of the family {Hydrophilid[ae]}. These beetles swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like oars.

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