Definition of Corixidae

1. Noun. Water bugs.

Exact synonyms: Family Corixidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Heteroptera, Suborder Heteroptera
Member holonyms: Corixa, Genus Corixa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corixidae

Corina
Corinna
Corinne
Corinth
Corinthia
Corinthiac
Corinthian
Corinthian order
Corinthian spirit
Corinthian spirits
Corinthians
Coriolanian
Coriolis effect
Coriolis force
Corixa
Corixidae (current term)
Cork
Corkonian
Corkonians
Cormac
Cormack
Cormag
Cormick
Cormo
Cormos
Corn Belt
Cornaceae
Corneille
Cornelia

Literary usage of Corixidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The Nepidae and Belostomatidae are fairly adapted forms that do not depart far or long from the surface of the water, and only the Corixidae and ..."

2. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1912)
"CONTENTS: Abbott—A -new genus of Corixidae ... 365 Dragonfly (Odonata) 364 Obituary—Robert WC Shelford 388 Doings of Societies 373 A new genus of Corixidae ..."

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