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gerrid

gerrid noun: any member of the family Gerridae, the water striders.

Noun

gerrid (plural gerrids)

  1. Any 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

Forms of gerrid

pluralgerrids

Questions about gerrid

What does gerrid mean?
Gerrid means any member of the family Gerridae, the water striders.
What part of speech is gerrid?
Gerrid is a noun.
What is the plural of gerrid?
The plural of gerrid is gerrids.

Words near gerrid in the dictionary

  1. Gerrha
  2. gerrhonotine
  3. gerrhosaurid
  4. gerrhosaurids
  5. Gerri
  6. gerrid
  7. gerrids
  8. gerrie
  9. gerries
  10. Gerrigerrup
  11. gerrin'

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