pond-skater

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noun

any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of pondsAlso called: water strider, water skater

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Words nearby pond-skater

pond lily, Pondo, pondok, Pondoland, pond scum, pond-skater, pond snail, pondweed, pone, pong, ponga

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How to use pond-skater in a sentence

Just who is crazy enough to go swimming when the pond across the street has a layer of ice across the top?
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“I jumped over a few cars, almost turned it upside down in a pond and came out on top of all four tires,” she wrote in an email.
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Stampy, the biggest YouTube star this side of the pond, is also known as 23-year-old Joseph Garrett from Portsmouth.
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Then, a sharp-eyed woman pointed out a ladder leaning against a tree on the side of the pond.
Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope|Anthony Haden-Guest|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This was not the Impossible—the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House—this was a walk above the LongHouse pond.
Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope|Anthony Haden-Guest|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
Children's Ways|James Sully
It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
On a rocky islet in the centre of a fresh water pond two miles in circuit they commenced erecting a fort and store house.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Under cover of this they crawled towards a large pond on which ducks were resting but by no means asleep.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
In the autumn it occurs both in the Braye Pond and on the coast in the more sheltered parts.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith