Wasserläufer

German

Etymology

Wasser (water) + laufen (to run) + -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvasɐˌlɔɪ̯fɐ/
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  • Hyphenation: Was‧ser‧läu‧fer

Noun

Wasserläufer m (strong, genitive Wasserläufers, plural Wasserläufer)

  1. (ornithology) sandpiper (any of various wading birds, especially in the genus Tringa)
  2. (entomology) water strider (any of various pleustonic predatory insects of the family Gerridae)

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