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    FAMILY GERRIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An arthropod family that includes water stridersplay

    Synonyms:

    family Gerridae; family Gerrididae; Gerridae; Gerrididae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Gerridae" is a kind of...):

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Gerridae"):

    pond-skater; water skater; water strider (long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water)

    genus Gerris; Gerris (type genus of the Gerrididae)

    Holonyms ("family Gerridae" is a member of...):

    Heteroptera; suborder Heteroptera (true bugs)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Mojarrasplay

    Synonyms:

    family Gerreidae; family Gerridae; Gerreidae; Gerridae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Gerridae" is a kind of...):

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Gerridae"):

    mojarra (small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters)

    genus Gerres; Gerres (type genus of the Gerreidae)

    Eucinostomus; genus Eucinostomus (a genus of Gerreidae)

    Holonyms ("family Gerridae" is a member of...):

    order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)

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