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Noun [English]

Forms: water striders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikidata QID: Q270322 Translations (any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae): zapatari (Basque), sabater [masculine] (Catalan), 水黽 /水黾 (shuǐmǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), skøjteløber [common-gender] (Danish), vandløber [common-gender] (Danish), schaatsenrijder [masculine] (Dutch), geriso (Esperanto), liuskurlane (Estonian), vesijooksik (Estonian), vesimittari (Finnish), araignée d’eau [feminine] (French), zapateiro [masculine] (Galician), pita cega [feminine] (Galician), cabra cega [feminine] (Galician), besbello [masculine] (Galician), Wasserläufer [masculine] (German), molnárpoloska (Hungarian), molnárka (Hungarian), stiklari [masculine] (Icelandic), scinnire locháin [masculine] (Irish), 飴棒 (amenbo) (Japanese), táłkááʼ dilwoʼí (Navajo), vannløpere (Norwegian), ámąðį (Osage), nartnik [masculine] (Polish), alfaiate [masculine] (Portuguese), водоме́рка (vodomérka) [feminine] (Russian), tejedor (Spanish), zapatero (Spanish), skräddare [common-gender] (Swedish), vattenlöpare [common-gender] (Swedish), vattenmätare [common-gender] (Swedish), จิงโจ้น้ำ (jing-jôo-náam) (Thai), gọng vó (Vietnamese), rhiain y dŵr [feminine] (Welsh)

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      ],
      "word": "nartnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alfaiate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vodomérka",
      "sense": "any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "водоме́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae",
      "word": "tejedor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae",
      "word": "zapatero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skräddare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vattenlöpare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vattenmätare"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jing-jôo-náam",
      "sense": "any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae",
      "word": "จิงโจ้น้ำ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae",
      "word": "gọng vó"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rhiain y dŵr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "water strider"
}

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