Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of water-beetles, typical of the family Gyrinidæ, having the scutellum distinct.
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The gyrinus, or "whirligig beetle," whose dwelling-place during the greater portion of its life is, like that of the crayfish, in ponds and streams, has remarkably acute vision.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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Small grey birds, like the warblers of the reeds, flit from stem to stem; hosts of brilliant gyrinus play on the water; notonectes and beetles, resembling the hydrophili, live within it -- now rising to respire, now swiftly diving.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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