Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as whirligig, 4.
Wiktionary
- n. A whirligig beetle.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) A whirligig.
Etymologies
- Compare earwig. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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) _.”
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