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WATER SKATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water skater mean? 

WATER SKATER (noun)
  The noun WATER SKATER has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WATER SKATER (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 skater" 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 skater"):

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

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

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


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