water spider

a Eurasian spider, Argyroneta aquatica, that spins a web in the form of an air-filled chamber in which it lives submerged in streams and ponds

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One variant makes the dilsta′yaʻtĭ, water-spider (“scissors,” Dolomedes), help in the work.

Myths of the Cherokee |James Mooney
He had torn the water-spider's nest and crushed the spider herself.

The Pond |Carl Ewald
In another version the Dragon-fly assists the Water-spider by pushing the tusti from behind.

Myths of the Cherokee |James Mooney
It looks more like a water-spider than anything else, commented Jerry Jackson, one of the Jersey twins.

The Eight-Oared Victors |Lester Chadwick

A change of diet was imperative, and, in seeking for this, he came into collision with the water-spider.

"Wee Tim'rous Beasties" |Douglas English