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pond-skater

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds Also called water strider water skater

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pond-skater - long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water

water skater, water strider

water bug - a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water

family Gerrididae, Gerrididae, family Gerridae, Gerridae - an arthropod family that includes water striders

common pond-skater, Gerris lacustris - a variety of water strider

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