dytiscusn.
/dɪˈtɪskəs/ A member of the genus of water-beetles so named. Also attributive.
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1866 E. C. Rye Brit. Beetles x. 63 The females of Dytiscus are, however, sometimes found without these dorsal furrows.
1895 L. C. Miall Nat. Hist. Aquatic Insects i. 39 No one can hunt long for water-insects without coming across the rapacious Dytiscus.
1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 26 The great carnivorous water-beetle, the dytiscus..will rise by night from the surface of the Thames.
1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 26 A dytiscus beetle.
1952 M. K. Wilson tr. K. Z. Lorenz King Solomon's Ring iii. 17 A larva of the water-beetle Dytiscus.
1952 M. K. Wilson tr. K. Z. Lorenz King Solomon's Ring iii. 17 The Dytiscus larva..is a slim, streamlined insect, rather more than two inches long.
1969 R. F. Chapman Insects xvi. 308 The fore legs of Dytiscus and some other beetles bear suckers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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