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Dytiscidae

noun

water beetles

• Syn: ↑family Dytiscidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Coleoptera, ↑order Coleoptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑water beetle

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\\-səˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Dytiscus, type genus + -idae

: a family of predacious aquatic beetles of oval flattened form with filamentous antennae comprising the diving beetles, being notably voracious, and feeding on aquatic insects, worms, and even young fish — see water devil

Useful english dictionary. 2012.