water strider

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English

A water strider

Noun

water strider (plural water striders)

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

Synonyms

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)
• Danish: skøjteløber (da) c, vandløber (da) c
• Estonian: liuskurlane (fi), vesijooksik (et)
• Finnish: vesimittari (fi)
• Galician: zapateiro (gl) m

• Navajo: táłkááʼ dilwoʼí
• Norwegian: vannløpere (no)
• Russian: водомерка (ru) (vodom'érka) f
• Spanish: tejedor (es), zapatero (es)
• Swedish: skräddare (sv) c, vattenlöpare (sv) c, vattenmätare (sv) c

See also

• water spider