water scorpion

English

Noun

water scorpion (plural water scorpions)

1. Any long-legged aquatic insect of the family Nepidae, commonly in temperate Europe of species Nepa cinerea.

Synonyms

• (insect in Nepidae): water stick insect, needle bug

Translations

insect of the family Nepidae

• Catalan: escorpí d'aigua m
• Finnish: vesilude
• German: Wasserskorpion f
• Italian: nepa f
• Navajo: tó bichʼosh
• Polish: płoszczyca (pl)
• Russian: водяно́й скорпио́н m (vodjanój skorpión)

Nepa cinerea

• Finnish: vesiskorpioni (fi)

References

• water scorpion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nepidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Nepidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons