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    POND-SKATER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of waterplay

    Synonyms:

    pond-skater; water skater; water strider

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("pond-skater" is a kind of...):

    water bug (a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pond-skater"):

    common pond-skater; Gerris lacustris (a variety of water strider)

    Holonyms ("pond-skater" is a member of...):

    family Gerridae; family Gerrididae; Gerridae; Gerrididae (an arthropod family that includes water striders)

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