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Water stick insect is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WATER STICK INSECT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

water stick insect

Ranatra

Ranatra is a genus of generally slender predatory members of the family Nepidae, known as water stick-insects or waterscorpions. Their front legs are strong and are used to grasp prey. They breathe through a pair of long breathing pipes extending from their tails. They eat tadpoles, small fish and other insects, which they pierce with their beak and inject a saliva which both sedates and begins to digest their prey. They are active throughout winter as adults, except in extreme cold. The females lay eggs in vegetation during the springtime. The eggs typically take two to four weeks to hatch and the young take about two months to mature. When fully grown they are 4-5 inches.

Definition of water stick insect in the English dictionary

The definition of water stick insect in the dictionary is a slender sticklike flightless water bug, Ranatra linearis, that is predatory on small creatures such as water fleas.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WATER STICK INSECT

water sapphire
water scorpion
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water shrew
water skater
water slater
water slide
water snake
water softener
water soldier
water spaniel
water spider
water splash
water sports
water starwort
water strider
water supply
water system
water table

WORDS THAT END LIKE WATER STICK INSECT

bisect
cochineal insect
dissect
insect
intersect
lac insect
leaf insect
noninsect
palmatisect
prosect
resect
scale insect
sect
spittle insect
stick insect
subsect
transect
trisect
vivisect
wax insect

Synonyms and antonyms of water stick insect in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «water stick insect» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WATER STICK INSECT

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Translator English - Chinese

水竹节虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

insecto palo de agua
570 millions of speakers

English

water stick insect
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पानी छड़ी कीट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عصا المياه الحشرات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вода палка насекомых
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inseto vara água
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জল লাঠি পোকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stick eau insecte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Serangga kayu kayu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wasser Stabheuschrecke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ミズカマキリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

물 스틱 곤충
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Serangga kelet banyu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thanh nước côn trùng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீர் குச்சி பூச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वॉटर स्टिक कीटक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Su sopa böcek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bastone acqua insetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pamięć wody owad
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вода палиця комах
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Stick de apă insectă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νερό ραβδί έντομο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

water stokinsek
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

vatten pinne insekt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vann pinne insekt
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATER STICK INSECT»

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New Focus Science Topical Papers for Lower Secondary ...
The diagram below shows a water stick insect that lives in a pond. water (b) Give two examples of the following populations in a pond besides the water stick insect population. [2 marks] (i) Plant populations: (ii) Animal populations: (c) What is ...
Ho Peck Leng
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e-Science Partner: A Complete Guide To Upper Block Science 5/6
Examples of such insects are the young of the mosquito (the larva / wriggler and the pupa), the water stick insect and the water scorpion. gills A water stick insect A water scorpion • Air bubbles. A stonefly nymph A mayfly nymph A wriggler ...
Angeline Tan, Gan Yi Shen, 2010
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Wonders of Animal Life
... water stick-insect. The scorpion does not need paddles because it spends most of its time hunting along the floor of the water ; but it possesses wings, as do several other under-water insects, which use them only when the water dries up ...
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i-Science - Interact, Inquire, Investigate (Interactions) ...
Other insects, like the water scorpion, water stick insect and mosquito larva and pupa, have breathing tubes or air tubes which extend out of the water surface to help them breathe in air. Breathing tubes Mosquito larva Water stick insect A ...
Ho Peck Leng, 2009
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Nick Baker's Bug Book: Discover the World of Mini-Beasts!
Densely weeded pools are what these creatures like. One of the highlights of any pond dipping session is to peer into a weed-filled net and notice one of the plant stems get up and start walking off. This is the Water stick-insect - a bad name ...
Nick Baker, Nick Baker, Wildlife Trusts (Great Britain, 2006
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Tree squirrel - water ...
The water stick insect, Ranatra linearis. Its abdomen extends into a whiplike structure that is used like a snorkel to take air from above the water. WATER SCORPION A water scorpion, Nepa cinerea, devours its bloodworm. Water scorpions are ...
‎2002
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i-Science Textbook 6
Some insects like the water scorpion, water stick insect and the larva of the mosquito have air tubes to help them breathe in air while the rest of their bodies are in the water. Breathing tubes Breathing tube Water scorpion Mosquito larva Water ...
Ho Peck Leng/ Yusoff A R/ Akshita Nanda
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I-Science
Some insects like the water scorpion, water stick insect and the larva of the mosquito have air tubes to help them breathe in air while the rest of their bodies are in the water. Breathing tubes ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ Breathing tube Water ...
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i-Science - Interact, Inquire, Investigate (Interactions) ...
(b) A water stick insect is an example of an animal with an adaptation similar to the snorkel. Suggest which part of a pond (bottom, middle, just below the surface or on the surface) a water stick insect is likely to be found. Explain your answer.
Ho Peck Leng, 2009
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Index volume
... 2531-2532 Madagascar 18: 2532 Prickly 18: 2530, 2532 Smooth 18: 2530, 2531, 2532 Water see Water stick insect Stickleback 6: 836; 18: 2533-2534 Brook 18: 2533 Four-spined 18: 2533 Nine-spined 18: 2533 Sea (15-spined stickleback ) ...
‎2002

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WATER STICK INSECT»

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Water Scorpions: Freshwater Species of the Week
A Ranatra chinensis water scorpion prowls along the bottom. ... These are sometimes called water stick insects or needle bugs, and they can reach up to five ... «National Geographic, Aug 12»

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