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Definition of Diving beetle

Diving beetle
Diving Div"ing, a. That dives or is used or diving. Diving beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the family Dytiscid[ae], which habitually lives under water; -- called also water tiger. Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine. Diving stone, a kind of jasper.

Meaning of Diving beetle from wikipedia

- on the Gr**** dytikos (δυτικός), "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. They occur in virtually any freshwater habitat...
- The great diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis) is an aquatic diving beetle native to Europe and northern Asia, and in the UK is common in Wales, much of...
- whose walls the gases can diffuse. Diving beetles, such as the Dytiscidae, carry a bubble of air with them when they dive. Such a bubble may be contained...
- ISBN 9780867200171. "Aquatic Beetles". EcoSpark. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2024. "Great Diving Beetle | The Wildlife Trusts"...
- species of diving beetle known by the common names sunburst diving beetle and yellow-spotted diving beetle. The behavior of this diving beetle has been...
- a compound that is excreted as a defense mechanism by the sunburst diving beetle was named mirasorvone by the entomologist Thomas Eisner who discovered...
- Neoclypeodytes cinctellus is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It is found in North America and the Neotropics. It is a...
- Dytiscus harrisii, or Harris's diving beetle, is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It is found in North America. "Dytiscus...
- Cybister tripunctatus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar...
- Hydrophilus piceus is a species of beetles in the family Hydrophilidae, the water scavenger beetles. This very large aquatic beetle is found in the Palearctic...