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Definition of pond skater in English: pond skaternoun A slender predatory bug which moves quickly across the surface film of water, using its front legs for catching prey. Family Gerridae, suborder Heteroptera: Gerris and other genera, and many species, in particular the common European G. lacustris North American term water strider Example sentencesExamples - Water striders, the insects also known as pond skaters or Jesus bugs, have long baffled scientists who couldn't explain how these creatures ‘walk’ on water.
- There were leebeens, water beetles and pond skaters in the water.
- We found all kinds of creatures from leeches to water snails and pond skaters and lots of other typical British aquatic life.
- Children will be able to get answers to all their burning bug questions, like whether a woodlouse eats wood, whether a centipede really has one hundred legs and how a pond skater skates.
- As a child my family would take a Sunday walk down the local canal side; we'd kneel at the water's edge watching pond skaters and water beetles going about their business.
Definition of pond skater in US English: pond skaternoun A slender predatory bug which moves quickly across the surface film of water, using its front legs for catching prey; a water strider. Family Gerridae, suborder Heteroptera: Gerris and other genera, and many species, in particular the common European G. lacustris Example sentencesExamples - As a child my family would take a Sunday walk down the local canal side; we'd kneel at the water's edge watching pond skaters and water beetles going about their business.
- There were leebeens, water beetles and pond skaters in the water.
- Water striders, the insects also known as pond skaters or Jesus bugs, have long baffled scientists who couldn't explain how these creatures ‘walk’ on water.
- Children will be able to get answers to all their burning bug questions, like whether a woodlouse eats wood, whether a centipede really has one hundred legs and how a pond skater skates.
- We found all kinds of creatures from leeches to water snails and pond skaters and lots of other typical British aquatic life.
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