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Definition of Gerris lacustris

1. Noun. A variety of water strider.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gerris Lacustris

Literary usage of Gerris lacustris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization: Arranged in by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1832)
"... These insects belong to the most common species of gerris, gerris lacustris. A great number of birds, and particularly aquatic birds, have the feathers ..."

2. The Canadian Entomologist by Charles James Stewart Bethune, W. Saunders, Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), E. B. Reed, Entomological Society of Ontario (1878)
"Gerris lacustris Linn.—There were three pupae of this species taken, which do not appear to differ from the European specimens. ..."

3. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1907)
"... and ending in a smooth, unruffled poo), on the surface of which insects race and dance—long-legged Gerris lacustris, metallic-backed Gyrinus natator, ..."

4. An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects by William Kirby, William Spence (1823)
"The common water-bug (Gerris lacustris, Latr.), though it never goes under water, will sometimes swim upon the surface, which it does by strokes of the ..."

5. An Introduction to Entomology: Or, Elements of the Natural History of by William Kirby, William Spence (1843)
"The common water-bug (Gerris lacustris), though it never goes under water, will sometimes swim upon the surface, which it does by strokes of the ..."

6. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1884)
"... I have several times noticed some of the smaller species do so, which reminds me of an instance where a specimen of Gerris lacustris, L., ..."

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