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n. A genus of water-beetles, typical of the family Gyrinidæ, having the scutellum distinct.

"The gyrinus, or "whirligig beetle," whose dwelling-place during the greater portion of its life is, like that of the crayfish, in ponds and streams, has remarkably acute vision."

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