water skipper

== English == === Alternative forms === waterskipper, water-skipper === Noun === water skipper (plural water skippers) Synonym of water strider. The bufferfly Parnara monasi. A motorized recreational over-water vehicle built from modifying a snowmobile, that is run at high speeds, to hydroplane across the surfaces of bodies of water. A human powered hydrofoil, that has an appearance akin to a tricycle or a snoracer. ==== Synonyms ==== (Gerridae): water strider, water skeeter, water scooter, water skimmer, water strider, water bug, pond skater, Jesus bug (Parnara monasi): water watchman (modified snowmobile): watersled, watercrosser, water crosser === References === Gerridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Parnara monasi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia human-powered hydrofoil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Snowmobile skipping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Gerridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Category:Parnara monasi on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons