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- noun Plural form of
pond-skater .
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Others, such as the water-boatman, water-scorpions and pond-skaters, are not of any value as food for the fish.
Amateur Fish Culture Charles Edward Walker
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A great contrast to those insects in the structure of the mouth-parts is presented by the Hemiptera, an order including the bugs, pond-skaters, cicads, plant-lice, and scale-insects.
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Ken, Daryl, citrine: - On the scaling and physics issues mentioned by many … Yes, transport and diffusion are key processes which produce interesting limitations on scaling … surface area is so important, for example, as is surface tension, in fact …. you don’t get really huge pond-skaters … …
Breakdown of Scale Invariance - Hilarity Ensues cjohnson 2006
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