family gerrididae

English Thesaurus

1. an arthropod family that includes water striders (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod family,
definition	:	any of the arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	pond-skater, water skater, water strider,
definition	:	long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus gerris, gerris,
definition	:	type genus of the Gerrididae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	heteroptera, suborder heteroptera,
definition	:	true bugs (noun.animal)