"water scorpion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water scorpions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water scorpion (plural water scorpions)
  1. Any long-legged aquatic insect of the family Nepidae, commonly the species Nepa cinerea. Wikipedia link: water scorpion Categories (lifeform): True bugs Synonyms (insect in Nepidae): water stick insect, needle bug Translations (Nepa cinerea): vesiskorpioni (Finnish) Translations (insect of the family Nepidae): escorpí d'aigua [masculine] (Catalan), vesilude (Finnish), Wasserskorpion [feminine] (German), nepa [feminine] (Italian), tó bichʼosh (Navajo), płoszczyca (Polish), водяно́й скорпио́н (vodjanój skorpión) [masculine] (Russian)

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