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Definition of Striders
1. strider [n] - See also: strider
Lexicographical Neighbors of Striders
Literary usage of Striders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"In this group belong most of the curious, slender, long- legged creatures known
as water striders, which dart about on the surface of the water with such ..."
2. Insect Life: An Introduction to Nature-study and a Guide for Teachers by John Henry Comstock (1901)
"The Water-striders. Fig. 89 represents a member of the second family of ...
These insects . can be distinguished from the true water-striders by their ..."
3. The Trotting Horse of America: How to Train and Drive Him by Hiram Washington Woodruff (1869)
"Long striders seldom Weight-pullers. — Kemble Jackson. — Description of him.
— Kemble Jackson and Washington. — Kemble Jackson and the Nelson Colt. ..."
4. The Trotting Horse of America: How to Train and Drive Him, with by Hiram Washington Woodruff, Charles James Foster, George Wilkes (1871)
"Long striders seldom Weight-pullers. — Kemble Jackson. — Description of him.
— Kemble Jackson and Washington. — Kemble Jackson and the Nelson Colt. ..."
5. Lessons in Nature Study by Oliver Peebles Jenkins, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1900)
"top of the aquarium,for the water-striders can leap several inches, and might
thus escape. Observe th^ character and disposition of the different pairs of ..."
6. Lessons in Nature Study by Oliver Peebles Jenkins, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1900)
"WATER-striders AND WHIRLIGIG BEETLES.—Running quickly about on the surface of
almost any pond or quiet brook pool, may be seen numerous rather large, ..."
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