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COMMON POND-SKATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common pond-skater mean?
• COMMON POND-SKATER (noun)
The noun COMMON POND-SKATER has 1 sense:
1. a variety of water strider
Familiarity information: COMMON POND-SKATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A variety of water strider
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
common pond-skater; Gerris lacustris
Hypernyms ("common pond-skater" is a kind of...):
pond-skater; water skater; water strider (long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water)
Holonyms ("common pond-skater" is a member of...):
genus Gerris; Gerris (type genus of the Gerrididae)
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