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tiger beetle definition

tiger beetle

any of various active, long-legged, brightly colored, often striped beetles (family Carabidae) with larvae that burrow in soil and feed on other insects

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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