water strider

English

a water strider (Aquarius najas)

Pronunciation

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Noun

water strider (plural water striders)

2. 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 scooter, water skater, water skeeter, water skimmer, water skipper, water bug, 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)

• Czech: vodoměrka f
• Danish: skøjteløber (da) c, vandløber c
• Dutch: schaatsenrijder (nl) m
• 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)
• Unami: mèxèlkatèlis
• Vietnamese: gọng vó (vi)
• Welsh: rhiain y dŵr f

References

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