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diving beetle

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div·ing beetle (dvng)
n.
Any of various predatory aquatic beetles of the family Dytiscidae.
diving beetle
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of the aquatic predatory beetles of the widely distributed family Dytiscidae, characterized by flattened hindlegs adapted for swimming and diving
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While surveying, Ballengee also discovered a range of natural predators he suspected could be to blame, including stickleback fish, newts, diving beetles, water scorpions and predatory dragonfly nymphs.
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