gyrinid

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• gyrinid —   n. whirligig beetle; a. like or pertaining to this; belonging to the gyrinid family of beetles …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Adephaga — Taxobox name = Adephaga image width = 250px image caption = Dytiscus latissimus , a predacious diving beetle regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera subordo = Adephaga subordo authority = Schellenberg, 1806… …   Wikipedia

• coleopteran — /koh lee op teuhr euhn, kol ee /, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the order Coleoptera. n. 2. a beetle. [1840 50; COLEOPTER(A) + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction   any member of the insect order Coleoptera, consisting of the beetles and weevils …   Universalium