whirligig

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"We've got damselflies and dragonflies, little water boatmen, whirligig beetles, water scorpions and because of all of them, we get all the birds that feed off them," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2024

But, “To really demonstrate if whirligig beetles are using lift, it’s necessary to deeply investigate the fluid dynamics,” not just track the movement of their legs, he cautions.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 8, 2024

For the whirligig beetle to achieve such fast swimming speeds, its legs would need to push against the water at unrealistic speeds.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024

It’s a mechanical sound but an oddly soothing one: a shwick shwick shwick of spinning metal, like a whirligig in the breeze.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2022

She looked like a carved whirligig toy with six flying arms and a hopping head.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson