water strider

water strider

English

a water strider (Aquarius najas)

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

• (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 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
• Gerridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons