whirligig beetle

短语

鼓虫; 豉甲

词形变化

whirligig beetles 复数 whirligig beetles

别名

whirligig

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various water beetles of the family Gyrinidae that swim rapidly in circles when alarmed.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

beetle

词源

So called due to its behavior of spinning rapidly in place when alarmed, in a manner similar to a whirligig or spinning top.

来源：wiktionary