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FAMILY GYRINIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Whirligig beetles

Synonyms:

family Gyrinidae; Gyrinidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Gyrinidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Gyrinidae"):

whirligig beetle (aquatic beetle that circles rapidly on the water surface)

Holonyms ("family Gyrinidae" is a member of...):

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)

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