Meaning Of The Word Water strider
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Water strider Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Water strider?
water strider in American English
any of an insect-eating family (Gerridae) of usually slender-bodied hemipteran insects, having long legs with which they glide swiftly on the surface film of calm waters, esp. of ponds and streams any of several aquatic bugs of the family Gerridae, having long, slender legs fringed with hairs, enabling the insects to dart about on the surface of the water water strider in British English noun |
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