Gerridae

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Noun1.Gerridae - mojarras
fish family - any of various families of fish
order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
mojarra - small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters
genus Gerres, Gerres - type genus of the Gerreidae
Eucinostomus, genus Eucinostomus - a genus of Gerreidae
2.Gerridae - an arthropod family that includes water striders
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
pond-skater, water skater, water strider - long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water
genus Gerris, Gerris - type genus of the Gerrididae
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Life history adaptation along a latitudinal cline in the water strider Aquarius remigis (Heteroptera: Gerridae).
Dyar's rule and multivariate allometric growth in nine species of waterstriders (Heteroptera: Gerridae).
Efeito de fatores abioticos sobre Brachymetra albinervis albinervis (Heteroptera: Gerridae).
25 Limoniidae Limoniidae sp.ind 3 Hemiptera Corixidae Sigara sp.ind 17 Notonectidae Notonectidae sp.ind 1 Gerridae Gerridaesp.ind 2 Trichoptera 2 Familleind Trichoptera sp.ind 2 Basommatophora Physidae Physa sp.
The musician, whose songs - Caer o Feddyliau, Gerridae, The Starling, Golden Brown and Pili Pala - will feature on the syllabus, also said she was just as excited to see her songs in sheet music form.
"A Gerridae is a pond skater and I imagine the way it would move across the water - slowly and calmly, at ease with itself or quickly and randomly, panic stricken.
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