Found 1 hit - Term: whirlwig beetle, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
whirligig \whirl"igig\, n. whirl + gig.
1913 webster
1. a child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an
axis, or like a top. --johnson.
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2. anything which whirls around, or in which persons or
things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden
horses.
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with a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning
about each head. --g. w. cable.
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3. a mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders,
being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which
the offender was whirled round with great velocity.
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4. zool. any one of numerous species of beetles belonging
to gyrinus and allied genera. the body is firm, oval or
boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a
bronzelike luster. these beetles live mostly on the
surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a
gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to
dive and swim rapidly. the larva is aquatic. called also
weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.
1913 webster
see also:
gyrinus weaver whirlwig whirlwig beetle
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