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Definition of Pond-skater
1. Noun. Long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water.
Generic synonyms: Water Bug
Group relationships: Family Gerridae, Family Gerrididae, Gerridae, Gerrididae
Specialized synonyms: Common Pond-skater, Gerris Lacustris
Definition of Pond-skater
1. Noun. Any of various predatory insects of the family ''Gerridae'' that skim about on the surface of ponds, slow streams, marshes, and other quiet waters. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pond-skater
Literary usage of Pond-skater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nature Book: A Popular Description by Pen and Camera of the Delights and (1908)
"Finally, we may glance at two daffodil yellow butterflies sailing along with A
pond-skater. (Gerris najas). Magnified two diameters. merry flight. ..."
2. The Life of the Fly by Jean-Henri Fabre (1913)
"... nebula JA Water-bug, known as the pond-skater, who runs about actively, on
her middle- and hind-legs, on the surface of fresh water.—Translator's Note. ..."
3. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1900)
"And by and by three fiddlers, or pond-skater.s, perhaps ' sagacious of their
quarry from afar,' came skating into sight on the space of bright water; ..."
4. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1894)
"... and many water bugs, and some species are of considerable beauty. The pretty,
slender insect known as the pond-skater ( Gem's lacustris) is a water bug. ..."
5. Life in Ponds and Streams by William S. Furneaux (1906)
"Gerris argentata—ENLARGED 220 196. THE HEAD OF Gerris argentata, SHOWING THE BEAK
AND ANTENNA—ENLARGED 221 197. LARVA OF A POND SKATER— ..."
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