any of an insect-eating family (Gerridae) of usually slender-bodied hemipteran insects, having long legs with which they glide swiftly on the surface film of calm waters, esp. of ponds and streams
water strider
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water strider
noun
Any of various predatory hemipteran insects of the family Gerridae, having long slender legs with which they support themselves on the surface of water. Also called skater .
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