"whirligig beetle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: whirligig beetles [plural]
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. Wikipedia link: whirligig beetle Categories (lifeform): Adephagan beetles Translations (water beetle of Gyrinidae): táłkááʼ chéłchaaʼ (Navajo), жук-вертя́чка (žuk-vertjáčka) [masculine] (Russian), girínido [masculine] (Spanish)

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