"water strider" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Categories (lifeform): True bugs Translations (any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae): zapatari (Basque), sabater [masculine] (Catalan), 水黽 (Chinese Mandarin), 水黾 (shuǐmǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), skøjteløber [common-gender] (Danish), vandløber [common-gender] (Danish), 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), rhiain y dŵr [feminine] (Welsh)

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          "word": "araignée d’eau"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae",
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      "word": "rhiain y dŵr"
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