WHIRLIGIG BEETLE

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Meaning:

Aquatic beetle that circles rapidly on the water surface

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("whirligig beetle" is a kind of...):

beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)

Holonyms ("whirligig beetle" is a member of...):

family Gyrinidae; Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles)

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