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water spider

wa·ter spi·der (plural wa·ter spi·ders)


noun 
Definition:
 
spider living underwater: a spider that lives underwater in a bell-shaped web that it spins among vegetation and fills with air bubbles transported from the surface in its body hairs. Native to: Europe, Asia.  Latin name Argyroneta aquatica.

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