GERRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gerridae mean? 

• GERRIDAE (noun)
  The noun GERRIDAE has 2 senses:

1. mojarras

2. an arthropod family that includes water striders

  Familiarity information: GERRIDAE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GERRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mojarras

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Gerreidae; family Gerridae; Gerreidae; Gerridae

Hypernyms ("Gerridae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Gerridae"):

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)

Holonyms ("Gerridae" is a member of...):

order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An arthropod family that includes water striders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Gerridae; family Gerrididae; Gerridae; Gerrididae

Hypernyms ("Gerridae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Gerridae"):

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)

Holonyms ("Gerridae" is a member of...):

Heteroptera; suborder Heteroptera (true bugs)