water bear

English

Two water bears

Etymology

Calque of German Wasserbär, used to describe these animals by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773.

Noun

water bear (plural water bears)

(zoology) A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.

Synonyms

moss piglet
pudgy wudgy
space bear
tardigrade

Translations

A member of the phylum Tardigrada

Finnish: karhukainen (fi)
German: Bärtierchen (de) n, Wasserbär m
Hebrew: דובון מים‎ m (dubón máyim)
Italian: orso d'acqua
Japanese: クマムシ (kumamushi), 緩歩動物 (ja) (kanpodōbutsu)

Navajo: tsįdláádkááʼ naatʼiʼí
Polish: niesporczak m
Portuguese: tardígrado, urso d'água
Russian: тихохо́дка (ru) f (tixoxódka)
Spanish: oso de agua m

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