WATER STRIDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water strider mean? 

• WATER STRIDER (noun)
  The noun WATER STRIDER has 1 sense:

1. long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water

  Familiarity information: WATER STRIDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER STRIDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pond-skater; water skater; water strider

Hypernyms ("water strider" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water strider"):

common pond-skater; Gerris lacustris (a variety of water strider)

Holonyms ("water strider" is a member of...):

family Gerridae; family Gerrididae; Gerridae; Gerrididae (an arthropod family that includes water striders)