How To Use Water strider In A Sentence
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Water striders are covered stem to stem and toe to toe with a layer of tiny, waxy, feathery hairs in which countless minuscule air bubbles are trapped.
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The water striders have "unwettable" hairs on their tarsi that do not break the surface tension of the water, so the bugs can walk on top of it.
Insecta (Aquatic)
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One summer day, I spent several idle moments beside a still, shallow creek near my home, trying to goad the water striders there into flying.
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Water strider is a kind of insect that has the active function of staying, sliding and leaping on water surface.
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Importantly, sexual selection favors apterous males in several natural populations of a water strider species.
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The water strider's hairy legs work to keep it afloat.