Meaning of "cardinal beetle" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF CARDINAL BEETLE

cardinal beetle

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARDINAL BEETLE

Cardinal beetle is a noun.

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WHAT DOES CARDINAL BEETLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cardinal beetle

The name cardinal beetle typically refers to three different species of beetle. The Red-headed or 'Common' Cardinal beetle is a red to orange beetle with, as the name suggests, a red head. It is approximately 20mm long and found throughout Britain. The rarer Black-headed Cardinal beetle, similarly found at sites across Britain, is larger and a deeper blood red. The Scarce Cardinal beetle also has a black head but is smaller at around 9mm long. The Scarce Cardinal is only found at a few sites in Scotland and Wales. Pyrochroa.coccinea Schizotus pectinicornis on grass in a meadow Cardinal beetles prey on other insects while their bright red colour prevents them being the target of other predators which believe them to be toxic.

Definition of cardinal beetle in the English dictionary

The definition of cardinal beetle in the dictionary is any of various large N temperate beetles of the family Pyrochroidae, such as Pyrochroa serraticornis, typically scarlet or partly scarlet in colour.

TRANSLATION OF CARDINAL BEETLE

Find out the translation of cardinal beetle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cardinal beetle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cardinal beetle» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 基本甲虫
• Translator English - Spanish: cardenal escarabajo
• English: cardinal beetle
• Translator English - Hindi: कार्डिनल बीटल
• Translator English - Arabic: الكاردينال خنفساء
• Translator English - Russian: кардинал жук
• Translator English - Portuguese: besouro cardeal
• Translator English - Bengali: কার্ডিনাল বিটল
• Translator English - French: cardinal beetle
• Translator English - Malay: Kumbang kardinal
• Translator English - German: Kardinal Käfer
• Translator English - Japanese: カーディナルカブトムシ
• Translator English - Korean: 추기경 딱정벌레
• Translator English - Javanese: Kumbang kastalan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Đức Hồng Y bọ cánh cứng
• Translator English - Tamil: கார்டினல் வண்டு
• Translator English - Marathi: मुख्य बीटल
• Translator English - Turkish: Kardinal böcek
• Translator English - Italian: cardinale scarabeo
• Translator English - Polish: kardynał chrząszcz
• Translator English - Ukrainian: кардинал жук
• Translator English - Romanian: cardinal gândac
• Translator English - Greek: καρδινάλιος σκαθάρι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kardinale Beetle
• Translator English - Swedish: kardinal beetle
• Translator English - Norwegian: kardinal bille

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARDINAL BEETLE»

Discover the use of cardinal beetle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cardinal beetle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Development Of Independent Reading: Reading Support Explained

His book was a reference book showing different species of insect. He had the picture, and he was able to read beetle, in the caption 'This beetle is a cardinal beetle.' The term cardinal was completely new to him, as his intonation showed.

Guppy, Peter, Hughes, Margaret, 1998

Supporting Children's Reading: A Complete Short Course for ...

HELP TO BUILD IT This is a cardinal beetle. (This sentence appears as a caption to a picture, without any further text.) ... This is a cardinal beetle. Screen 4/3: 6. Help to build it q Allow time. 62 Supporting Children's Reading, 2nd edn, ...

Margaret Hughes, Peter Guppy, 2010

The Out-door World: Or, Young Collector's Handbook

CARDINAL BEETLE. Beetle (Blaps morttsaga), which inhabits cellars, churchyards, and other dark and dismal places; the Jumper Beetle (Archesia undulata), peculiar on account of the long spines of its legs; the Cardinal Beetle ( Pyroch'roa ...

William S. Furneaux, 1919

Animate Creation: Popular Edition of "Our Living World" a ...

This insect is to be seen mostly upon flowers, and is popularly known by the name of Cardinal Beetle. The scientific title is Pyrochrba rubens. This is the only European genus of the family to which it belongs, and which is called Pyrochroidae, ...

John George Wood, Joseph Bassett Holder, 1885

Insects Abroad: Being a Popular Account of Foreign Insects; ...

... 292 Carabidae, 28 Carabus Adonis, 30 Cardamyla carinentalis, 699 Cardinal Beetle, 173 Carebara dux, 448 Carpel la districta, 653 Carpophagus Bankaii, 195 Cassidiidse, 261 Castnia Diva, 648 — Zerinthia, 649 Catacanthus incarnatus , ...

John George Wood, 1892

Oxford Thesaurus of English

... botfly braconid bristletail buffalo gnat bulb fly bulldog ant bumblebee burying beetle bush cricket butterfly cabbage root fly cabbageworm caddis fly cadelle camel cricket cankerworm carabid cardinal beetle carpenter ant carpenter bee carpet ...

Maurice Waite, 2009

Dictionary of Homonyms

There is even a cardinal red, a deep scarlet colour, and a cardinal beetle that is so coloured. career Most of us hope that our children will have a satisfying career , namely a fulfilling occupation throughout their working life. However, the word ...

David Rothwell, 2007

Insects at home: Being a popular account of British insects, ...

The family of the Pyrochroidae is rendered familiar to us by means of the well- known Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa coc- cinea), so called on account of its beautiful scarlet colour. The insect is represented on Woodcut XVI. Fig. 1. CARDINAL ...

John George Wood, 1892

An Illustrated Country Year: Nature Uncovered Month by Month

Garden Chafer (Phyllopertha horticola) 4. Soldier Beetle (Rhagonychafulva) 5. Two-spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) 6.Api0n miniatum 7. Cardinal Beetle ( Pyrochroa cocainea) . I. i. 4&3? . “lie-i6; s _ at a 12 fifllgmzraffi-l es '1' 0r Slow Worm?

Celia Lewis, 2013

Insects at home, a popular account of British insects

CARDINAL BEETLE. 149 The Pyrochroidse are known by the distinct neck, the rounded thorax, and the form of the antennae, which in the males are boldly toothed, as may be seen at Fig. d. The mandibles are deeply notched at the tips, the ...

John George Wood, 1872

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARDINAL BEETLE»

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SLIDESHOW: Fantastic photos of East Town Park from amateur …

Savannah Hanlon, 15, of Queensway, was chosen as one of the winners for her close up of a cardinal beetle. Nick Gray, also of Haverhill, took ... «Cambridge News, Nov 13»

Museum beetle expert to give TED talk

He has discovered many, and 50 have been named in his honour; the most recent, Ischalia barclayi, is a metallic blue cardinal beetle known ... «Natural History Museum, Jun 13»

Deadwood in forests and woodlands: new practice guide

Lichens, fungi, bryophytes; nearly 150 invertebrates such as cardinal beetle larvae; hole-nesting birds such as woodpeckers and mammals ... «Forestry Commission News, May 12»