Hydrometridae

plural noun

Hy·​dro·​met·​ri·​dae

: a family of small slender long-legged semiaquatic bugs closely related to the water striders

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Hydrometra, type genus (from hydr- + -metra, from Greek metrein to measure, traverse, from metron measure) + -idae

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