| 单词 | water tiger |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater tiger water tiger n. (a) any of various carnivorous South American mammals associated with water; esp. the giant otter, Pteronura brasiliensis; (b) any of various large predatory water beetles of the genus Dytiscus or family Dytiscidae; a larva of such a beetle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Adephaga (carnivorous beetles) > Hydradephaga (aquatic) > member of family Dytiscidae (mud-dweller) water tiger1774 mud dweller1881 1774 T. Falkner Descr. Patagonia ii. 62 They had seen this water tiger several times. 1889 M. E. Bamford Up & down Brooks 59 Those beetles known as the Water-tigers, or Dytiscidæ. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xv. 330 The larvae of Dytiscidae are frequently called ‘water tigers’ on account of their ferocity. 1995 Radio Times 18 Feb. 59/3 Also known as the water tiger or river wolf, the South American giant otter is the largest and rarest of its kind. < as lemmas |
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