"whirligig beetle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: whirligig beetles [plural], whirligig [alternative]
Etymology: So called due to its behavior of spinning rapidly in place when alarmed, in a manner similar to a whirligig or spinning top. Head templates: {{en-noun}} whirligig beetle (plural whirligig beetles)
  1. Any of various water beetles of the family Gyrinidae that swim rapidly in circles when alarmed. Synonyms: gyrinid, mellow bug Translations (water beetle of the Gyrinidae): دُوَّامَة (duwwāma) [feminine] (Arabic), جِرِنُوسِيَّة (jirinūsiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), tourniquet [masculine] (French), gyrin [masculine] (French), gyrinida [New-Latin, feminine] (Latin), táłkááʼ chéłchaaʼ (Navajo), жук-вертя́чка (žuk-vertjáčka) [masculine] (Russian), вертя́чка (vertjáčka) [feminine] (Russian), girínido [masculine] (Spanish), вертячка (vertjačka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), mamantuhwis (Unami)

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