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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 water
Familiarity information: WATER SKATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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