| 单词 | pond skater |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspond skater pond skater n. any insect of the heteropteran family Gerridae, which comprises slender-bodied predatory bugs that stand and run on the surface film of water, using the front legs for catching prey and the other legs for propulsion; esp. the common European Gerris lacustris; also called (chiefly U.S.) water strider. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > family Gerridae > member of (pond-skater) water skater1858 water strider1888 pond skater1895 water skeeter1900 strider1974 1895 L. C. Miall Nat. Hist. Aquatic Insects xiii. 382 The Pond-skaters stand or run upon the surface of the water, which they dimple but do not break. 1923 E. A. Butler Biol. Brit. Hemiptera-Heteroptera 244 Popularly known as pond-skaters or water-measurers, they attract the attention..by the free and easy way in which they dart along over the surface of the water. 1992 M. Atherden Upland Brit. vii. 116 Other insects are wholly aquatic, such as the water crickets, pond skaters, water boatmen, whirligig beetles and the water spider. < as lemmas |
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