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water striders
n. (water strider English)
Usage examples of "water striders".
They seemed giant water striders, their long abdomens dragging over the surface and their rodlike legs patiently plying the muck.
While the silica was neither dissolved by acids nor attacked by some unsuspected subsurface carnivore, it did attract some attention in the form of a knot of round little water striders.
The glyphs were swimming over the surface like water striders on a pond and casting dark shadows of themselves across the interior of the stable.
There, minnows darted in the shadows of moss-laden logs, and water striders danced upon the deep.
And if she's harmed, someone I might name will spend the rest of his days wriggling on his belly in river muck and catching water striders with his tongue.