Short-winged
131smaller water strider — ▪ insect also called Ripple Bug, or Broad shouldered Water Strider (the latter name derives from the fact that the body, widest at the middle or hind legs, tapers to the abdomen, giving the impression of broad shoulders), any of the… …
132Brachyptera — Bra*chyp te*ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? short winged; brachy s short + ? feather, wing.] (Zo[ o]l.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles. [1913 Webster] || …
