water spidern.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə ˌspʌɪdə/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌspaɪdər/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌspaɪdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., spider n.

Etymology: < water n. + spider n. Compare Middle Dutch waterspinne (Dutch waterspin), Middle Low German waterspinne, German Wasserspinne (15th cent.).In quot. 1547 translating Welsh gafr y dŵr , lit. ‘water goat’ (1547 in the passage cited, rare); compare Old English wætergāt (see waterbuck n. 1).

1. Any of various long-legged insects found floating or moving swiftly on the surface film of water, such as a crane fly or pond skater. Now colloquial.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by habitat or breeding place > aquatic insect

water spider1547

water mite1763

water tick1763

1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Gafyr y dwr, water spider.

1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Tipula,..a water spider.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §696 The Water-Spider that hath six Legs.

a1705 J. Ray Historia Insectorum (1710) 71 (heading) De Tipula. The Water-Spider.

1886 Overland Monthly Oct. 348/1 Occasionally, a Ploteres, one of the so-called ‘water spiders’, that spend life in an eternal skate on top of the water, comes up in my dredger.

1997 G. Kugach Freshwater Fishing Tips & Techniques 114 Crane flies..live in vegetation around water and are often called water spiders.

2002 L. Knopp Nature of Home 195 Those people who have only seen the eight long legs of two mating bugs call them ‘water spiders’.

2. A Eurasian spider, Argyroneta aquatica (family Cybaeidae), which lives entirely under water and spins a ‘diving bell’ web, which it replenishes with air from air bubbles captured at the surface in the hairs on its body and legs. Also: any of various other arachnids associated with water, as spiders of the genus Dolomedes (raft spiders) and mites of the genus Hydrachna.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > suborder Labidognatha or Dipneumones > member of family Pisauridae

water spider1702

water mite1763

water tick1763

raft spider1865

1702 J. Petiver Gazophylacii I. 15 It's much slenderer and less than the common Water-Spider.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 263 The Water-spider..resembles the common spider in its appearance.

1836 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 30 354 The Hydrachnæ or water spiders, which are here descibed, were found as parasites on several species of Unionidæ (fresh water clams).

1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 271 The diving-bell of the Water-Spider (Argyroneta aquatica).

1897 Edinb. Rev. July 174 The water-spider, if but a day old, dives into the water.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 909 The water-spider, though..breathing dry air, weaves a sub-aquatic nest in which she lays her eggs and brings up her young.

1967 Aquarist Mar. 263/1 The water spider..commences to spin a web between two closely growing stems.

2003 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 27 July 40/2 The spider is of the dolomedes or water spider family.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	water spider
释义	water spidern. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə ˌspʌɪdə/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌspaɪdər/, /ˈwɑdər ˌspaɪdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., spider n. Etymology: < water n. + spider n. Compare Middle Dutch waterspinne (Dutch waterspin), Middle Low German waterspinne, German Wasserspinne (15th cent.).In quot. 1547 translating Welsh gafr y dŵr , lit. ‘water goat’ (1547 in the passage cited, rare); compare Old English wætergāt (see waterbuck n. 1). 1. Any of various long-legged insects found floating or moving swiftly on the surface film of water, such as a crane fly or pond skater. Now colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by habitat or breeding place > aquatic insect water spider1547 water mite1763 water tick1763 1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Gafyr y dwr, water spider. 1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Tipula,..a water spider. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §696 The Water-Spider that hath six Legs. a1705 J. Ray Historia Insectorum (1710) 71 (heading) De Tipula. The Water-Spider. 1886 Overland Monthly Oct. 348/1 Occasionally, a Ploteres, one of the so-called ‘water spiders’, that spend life in an eternal skate on top of the water, comes up in my dredger. 1997 G. Kugach Freshwater Fishing Tips & Techniques 114 Crane flies..live in vegetation around water and are often called water spiders. 2002 L. Knopp Nature of Home 195 Those people who have only seen the eight long legs of two mating bugs call them ‘water spiders’. 2. A Eurasian spider, Argyroneta aquatica (family Cybaeidae), which lives entirely under water and spins a ‘diving bell’ web, which it replenishes with air from air bubbles captured at the surface in the hairs on its body and legs. Also: any of various other arachnids associated with water, as spiders of the genus Dolomedes (raft spiders) and mites of the genus Hydrachna. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > suborder Labidognatha or Dipneumones > member of family Pisauridae water spider1702 water mite1763 water tick1763 raft spider1865 1702 J. Petiver Gazophylacii I. 15 It's much slenderer and less than the common Water-Spider. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 263 The Water-spider..resembles the common spider in its appearance. 1836 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 30 354 The Hydrachnæ or water spiders, which are here descibed, were found as parasites on several species of Unionidæ (fresh water clams). 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 271 The diving-bell of the Water-Spider (Argyroneta aquatica). 1897 Edinb. Rev. July 174 The water-spider, if but a day old, dives into the water. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 909 The water-spider, though..breathing dry air, weaves a sub-aquatic nest in which she lays her eggs and brings up her young. 1967 Aquarist Mar. 263/1 The water spider..commences to spin a web between two closely growing stems. 2003 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 27 July 40/2 The spider is of the dolomedes or water spider family. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1547
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