Meanings
plural water striders
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae, which rely on surface tension to walk on top of water.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlong-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Basque zapatari
- zapatariany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Catalan sabater
- sabaterany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Chinese Mandarin 水黽 /水黾
- 水黽 /水黾 (shuǐmǐn)any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Czech vodoměrka
- vodoměrkaany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Danish skøjteløber, vandløber
- skøjteløberany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
- vandløberany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Dutch schaatsenrijder
- schaatsenrijderany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Esperanto geriso
- gerisoany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Estonian liuskurlane, vesijooksik
- liuskurlaneany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
- vesijooksikany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Finnish vesimittari
- vesimittariany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
French araignée d’eau
- araignée d’eauany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
German Wasserläufer
- Wasserläuferany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Hungarian molnárpoloska, molnárka
- molnárpoloskaany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
- molnárkaany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Icelandic stiklari
- stiklariany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Irish scinnire locháin
- scinnire locháinany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Japanese 飴棒
- 飴棒 (amenbo)any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Norwegian vannløpere
- vannløpereany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Polish nartnik
- nartnikany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Portuguese alfaiate
- alfaiateany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Russian водоме́рка
- водоме́рка (vodomérka)any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Scottish Gaelic ruitheadair-uisge
- ruitheadair-uisgeany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Spanish tejedor, zapatero
- tejedorany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
- zapateroany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Swedish skräddare, vattenlöpare
- skräddareany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
- vattenlöpareany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
- vattenmätareany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Thai จิงโจ้น้ำ
- จิงโจ้น้ำ (jing-jôo-náam)any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Vietnamese gọng vó
- gọng vóany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Welsh rhiain y dŵr
- rhiain y dŵrany of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae
Cite this entry
water strider. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20strider
“water strider.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20strider. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water strider,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20strider.
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