water bear

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

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: waterbeertjie — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Amharic: የውሃ ድብ (yäwha dəb) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Arabic: بَطِيء الخَطْو (baṭīʔ al-ḵaṭw) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Arabic: بَطِيء المِشْيَة (baṭīʔ al-mišya) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Arabic: تارْدِيجْرادا (tārdīgrāda) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Arabic: دُبّ المَاء (dubb al-māʔ) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Arabic: خَنْزِير الطُحْلُب (ḵanzīr aṭ-ṭuḥlub) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Armenian: ջրային արջ (ǰrayin arǰ) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Azerbaijani: ərincəkli — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Bashkir: аҡрын йөрөүсө (aqrın yöröwsö) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Belarusian: ціхаходка (cixaxódka) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Bengali: টারডিগ্রেড (ṭaroḍigreḍ) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Bulgarian: бавноходка (bavnohodka) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Catalan: tardígrad — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Chinese Mandarin: 水熊 (shuǐxióng) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Czech: želvuška — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Danish: bjørnedyr — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Dutch: beerdiertje — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Esperanto: tardigrado — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Estonian: tardigraad — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Estonian: loimur — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Finnish: karhukainen — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• French: tardigrade — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• French: ourson d’eau — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• North Frisian: beerdiart — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Galician: tardígrado — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Georgian: ნელამავალნი (nelamavalni) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• German: Bärtierchen — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• German: Wasserbär — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• German: Bärdierli — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• German: Wasserbär — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Greek: βραδύπορα (vradýpora) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Hebrew: דובון מים (dubón máyim) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Hindi: टार्डीग्रेड (ṭārḍīgreḍ) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Hungarian: medveállatka — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Icelandic: bessadýr — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Irish: béar uisce — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Italian: orso d'acqua — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Italian: tardigrado — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Japanese: クマムシ (kumamushi) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Japanese: 緩歩動物 (kanpodōbutsu) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Kazakh: жайбасар (jaibasar) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Korean: 완보동물 (wanbodongmul) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Lao: ຕາກດີກະລາດາ (tāk dī ka lā dā) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Latvian: gauskājis — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Limburgish: waterbaer — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Limburgish: waterbeer — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Lithuanian: lėtūnas — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Low German: Waterboor — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Malay: beruang air — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Malay: tardigrada — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Malayalam: ടാർഡിഗ്രാഡ (ṭāṟḍigrāḍa) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Western Mari: мызыргышы (myzyrgyšy) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Navajo: tsįdláádkááʼ naatʼiʼí — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Norwegian Bokmål: bjørnedyr — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bjørnedyr — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Occitan: tardigrad — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Occitan: orson d'aiga — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Polish: niesporczak — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Portuguese: tardígrado — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Portuguese: urso d'água — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Romanian: tardigrad — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Russian: тихохо́дка (tixoxódka) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Serbo-Croatian: тардигра́де — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Serbo-Croatian: дугоживци — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Serbo-Croatian: tardigráde — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Serbo-Croatian: dugoživci — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Slovak: tardigrad — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Slovak: pomalk — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Slovene: tardigrad — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Slovene: počásnik — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Spanish: oso de agua — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Spanish: tardígrado — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Swahili: kidudu-dubu — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Swedish: björndjur — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Swedish: trögkrypare — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Tagalog: tardigrado — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Tatar: әкрен йөрүче (äkren yörüçe) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Thai: หมีน้ํา (mĕe náam) — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Turkish: su ayısı — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Turkish: yosun domuzcuğu — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Vietnamese: gấu nước — A member of the phylum Tardigrada
• Welsh: arafsymudwr — A member of the phylum Tardigrada