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GYRINIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gyrinidae mean?
• GYRINIDAE (noun)
The noun GYRINIDAE has 1 sense:
1. whirligig beetles
Familiarity information: GYRINIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Whirligig beetles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Gyrinidae; Gyrinidae
Hypernyms ("Gyrinidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Gyrinidae"):
whirligig beetle (aquatic beetle that circles rapidly on the water surface)
Holonyms ("Gyrinidae" is a member of...):
Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)
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