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Definition of Family Gyrinidae
1. Noun. Whirligig beetles.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Coleoptera, Order Coleoptera
Member holonyms: Whirligig Beetle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Gyrinidae
Literary usage of Family Gyrinidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"3 Hind legs shorter than the fore; eyes four, two above and two on the under
surface of the head. . . . Family GYRINIDAE . ..."
2. Injurious and Useful Insects: An Introduction to the Study of Economic by Louis Compton Miall (1902)
"family Gyrinidae (whirligig-beetles). Feelers short. The compound eyes divided
into two pairs unlike in structure. Middle and hind legs short, ..."
3. Insect Life: An Introduction to Nature-study and a Guide for Teachers by John Henry Comstock (1901)
"The various kinds of beetles taken together constitute the order Coleoptera, and
the whirligig- beetles form the family Gyrinidae of this order. ..."
4. Entomology, with Special Reference to Its Ecological Aspects by Justus Watson Folsom (1922)
"... their outline varies greatly; thus it may be oval (Orthoptera) or
triangular (Notonecta), while in the aquatic beetles of the family Gyrinidae (Fig. ..."
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