Gerrid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gerrid is a noun meaning (entomology) Any member of the family Gerridae, the water striders.
Meaning
(entomology) Any member of the family Gerridae, the water striders.
Example Sentences
However some gerrids, nepids and veliids are attacked by allantonematid nematodes and Burton (1963) found Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobb) in a bedbug, although this insect was not considered an intermediate host.
Word Forms
- gerrids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include skater, waterstrider, gryllid, gryllacridid, hebrid, tetrigid.
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