gerrid

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noun

Any member of the family Gerridae, the water striders.

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Meanings

noungerrid (plural gerrids)

plural gerrids

  1. biologyAny member of the family Gerridae, the water striders.

    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.

    1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations

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Anagrams

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APA

gerrid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gerrid

MLA

“gerrid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gerrid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gerrid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gerrid.

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