Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
whirligig , 4.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A whirligig.
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- noun A
whirligig beetle .
Etymologies
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Compare earwig.
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Examples
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Early in March, before the first male canker-moth appears on the elm-tree, the whirlwig beetles have begun to play round the broken edges of the ice, and the caddis-worms to crawl beneath it; and soon come the water-skater _ (Gerris) _ and the water-boatman _ (Notonecta) _.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various
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