water strider

English

a water strider (Aquarius najas)

Noun

water strider (plural water striders)

Any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae, which rely on surface tension to walk on top of water.

Synonyms

(insect in family Gerridae): Jesus bug, magic bug, pond-skater, skater, skimmer, water bug, water scooter, water skater, water skeeter, water skimmer, water skipper, water spider

Translations

any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae

Basque: zapatari (eu)
Catalan: sabater (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 水黽／水黾 (zh) (shuǐmǐn)
Danish: skøjteløber (da) c, vandløber c
Esperanto: geriso
Estonian: liuskurlane, vesijooksik
Finnish: vesimittari (fi)
French: araignée d’eau (fr) f
Galician: zapateiro (gl) m, pita cega (gl) f, cabra cega (gl) f, besbello m
German: Wasserläufer (de) m
Hungarian: molnárpoloska (hu), molnárka (hu)
Icelandic: stiklari m
Irish: scinnire locháin m
Japanese: 飴棒 (amenbo)
Navajo: táłkááʼ dilwoʼí
Norwegian: vannløpere
Osage: ámąðį
Polish: nartnik (pl) m
Portuguese: alfaiate (pt) m
Russian: водоме́рка (ru) f (vodomérka)
Spanish: tejedor, zapatero (es)
Swedish: skräddare (sv) c, vattenlöpare c, vattenmätare c
Thai: จิงโจ้น้ำ (jing-jôo-náam)
Welsh: rhiain y dŵr f

References

water strider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gerridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Gerridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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