water beetle

noun

water beetle

See whirligig beetle
any of various beetles of the families Dysticidae, Hydrophilidae, etc, that live most of the time in freshwater ponds, rivers, etc See whirligig beetle

First recorded in 1660–70

In Colymbetes serricornis, a water-beetle, the male has a serrated clava of four joints.

Under natural conditions, the caddis worm has its persecutors, the most formidable of whom appears to be the Water beetle.

The water beetle referred to is the Gyrinus, locally known as mellow bug or apple beetle.

There is a small fresh-water annelid which practises letisimulation when approached by the giant water-beetle.

I was only nearly eaten up by the perch; and then there was a duckling after me and a horrid dragon-fly grub and a water-beetle.

April 25, 2024firkin

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