diving bell spider

English

Argyroneta aquatica

Noun

diving bell spider (plural diving bell spiders)

1. A spider, , living almost entirely underwater, using hairs on its abdomen and legs to trap air.

Synonyms

• (Argyroneta aquatica): water spider

Translations

spider

• Estonian: vesiämblik
• Finnish: vesihämähäkki
• French: argyronète (fr)
• German: Wasserspinne f
• Latin: tippūla f
• Polish: topik m, wodnik (pl) m
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• Portuguese: aranha-de-água m
• Russian: пау́к-серебря́нка m (paúk-serebrjánka), водяно́й пау́к m (vodjanój paúk)
• Spanish: araña de agua f
• Tagalog: kutukuto, kutuntubig

Further reading

• diving bell spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Argyroneta aquatica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Argyroneta aquatica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons