Gerridae

noun

1. mojarras

• Syn: ↑Gerreidae, ↑family Gerreidae, ↑family Gerridae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi

• Member Meronyms: ↑mojarra, ↑Gerres, ↑genus Gerres, ↑Eucinostomus, ↑genus Eucinostomus

2. an arthropod family that includes water striders

• Syn: ↑Gerrididae, ↑family Gerrididae, ↑family Gerridae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Heteroptera, ↑suborder Heteroptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑water strider, ↑pond-skater, ↑water skater, ↑Gerris, ↑genus Gerris

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I. \\ˈjerəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Gerris, type genus + -idae

: a family of true bugs including the water striders

II. noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Gerres, type genus + -idae

: a family of chiefly tropical marine percoid fishes comprising various locally important food fishes — see gerres, mojarra