water scorpion

English

Noun

water scorpion (plural water scorpions)

Any long-legged aquatic insect of the family Nepidae, commonly the species Nepa cinerea.

Synonyms

(insect in Nepidae): water stick insect, needle bug

Translations

insect of the family Nepidae

Catalan: escorpí d'aigua m
Finnish: vesilude
German: Wasserskorpion f
Italian: nepa f
Navajo: tó bichʼosh
Polish: płoszczyca (pl)
Russian: водяно́й скорпио́н m (vodjanój skorpión)

Nepa cinerea

Finnish: vesiskorpioni (fi)

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