English
Noun
tiger beetle (plural tiger beetles)
- Any active, carnivorous beetle (species) of the subfamily Cicindelinae.
Most tiger beetle larvae tunnel in the soil.
2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae[1]: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.
Derived terms
Translations
any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae
- Arabic: الخنفساء النمرية
- Bulgarian: ти́гров бръ́мбар m (tígrov brǎ́mbar)
- Chinese: 虎甲
- Mandarin: 虎甲蟲 / 虎甲虫 (hǔjiǎchóng)
- Finnish: hietakiitäjäinen
- French: cicindèle (fr)
- German: Sandlaufkäfer
- Indonesian: kumbang macan
- Irish: ciaróg thíograch f
- Italian: cicindela
- Japanese: 斑猫 (ja) (はんみょう, hanmyō), ハンミョウ (ja) (hanmyō)
- Malay: kumbang harimau
- Maori: muremure, kūī, moeone
- Polish: trzyszcz m
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- Russian: жук-скаку́н (ru) m (žuk-skakún)
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