WATER STRIDER vs WATER FLEA: NOUN
- Any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae, which rely on surface tension to walk on top of water.
- Any of various predatory hemipteran insects of the family Gerridae, having long slender legs with which they support themselves on the surface of water.
- Long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water
- Any of various aquatic crustacea of the order Cladocera, characterised by their jumping or jerky mode of swimming.
- One of numerous small or minute crustaceans which skip about in the water like fleas, as Daphnia pulex; any branchiopod. See Daphniidæ, Cladocera, Cyclops.
- Any of various other small aquatic crustaceans, such as some copepods, that swim with a similar motion.
- Any of various small chiefly freshwater branchiopod crustaceans of the order Cladocera, having a bivalve carapace and typically swimming with jerking flealike motions, and including the daphnias.
- Minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms
- Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae
WATER STRIDER vs WATER FLEA: OTHER WORD TYPES
- N/A
- Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.
WATER STRIDER vs WATER FLEA: RELATED WORDS
- Butterfly stroke, Dragonfly, Hellgramite, Water scorpion, Butterfly fish, Gerrididae, Boat bug, Tongueless frog, Branchiopod crustacean, Mosquito hawk, Gnatworm, Water bug, Water spider, Water skater, Pond skater
- Sea animal, Congo snake, Bell animalcule, Water bug, Malacostracan crustacean, Whale louse, Backswimmer, Beach flea, Water scorpion, Lernean, Phyllopod, Branchiopod crustacean, Branchiopod, Cyclops, Daphnia
WATER STRIDER vs WATER FLEA: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Hemipteran, Water boatman, Butterfly stroke, Dragonfly, Hellgramite, Water scorpion, Butterfly fish, Gerrididae, Boat bug, Tongueless frog, Branchiopod crustacean, Mosquito hawk, Gnatworm, Water bug, Water spider
- Entoproct, Sea animal, Congo snake, Bell animalcule, Water bug, Malacostracan crustacean, Whale louse, Backswimmer, Beach flea, Water scorpion, Lernean, Phyllopod, Branchiopod crustacean, Branchiopod, Daphnia
WATER STRIDER vs WATER FLEA: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Bell spider who seems to have fallen in love with a water strider gift as their friends discover these Studio!
- He can summon a Water Strider or a Diving Spider to help him fight.
- Perform water strider duties as needed including material delivery and organization.
- The scientific properties of surface tension and cohesion allow the water strider to calmly walk across water without drowning.
- Several insects are able to walk on water, such as the water strider.
- Cat bus is a water strider in love with a water strider Die!
- Try blackworms, grindal worms, vinegar eels or the fully aquatic water flea.
- The water flea Daphnia pulex alternates between sexual and parthenogenetic reproduction.
WATER STRIDER vs WATER FLEA: QUESTIONS
- Where can I find [reins of the Azure and Crimson water strider]?
- Is the spiny water flea the next invasive species in Minnesota?
- How does the spiny water flea affect the ecosystem?
- Do anchors and fishing lines help prevent spiny water flea?