stridern.
/ˈstrʌɪdə/, U.S. /ˈstraɪdər/ 1. One who strides.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > with long steps > one who
spanker1808
strider1856
1856 ‘The Druid’ Post & Paddock i. 11 They [Shropshire horses] are..quick striders through dirt.
1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps xxxii Hardenow came almost daily, having put his class of striders under a deputy six-leaguer.
1895 Outing Sept. 457/1 He is a wonderful strider, having occasionally taken two instead of three steps between the hurdles.
1895 M. Stokes Three Months in Forests of France 174 The stalwart strider by the side of the green~hooded waggons.
2. U.S. = pond skater n. at pond n. Compounds 2.
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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
1974 A. Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek xi. 189 I read that striders are attracted to any light.
1978 Sci. Amer. Apr. 134/1 When the strider stands on the surface film, it is supported by its long, slender middle and hind legs.
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