backswimmer

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Noun

HYPHEN

back=swim=mer

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun backswimmer has 1 sense

backswimmer(n = noun.animal) notonecta undulata - predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites; Array

is a kind of bug, hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect

is a member of genus notonecta, notonecta

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CIDE DICTIONARY

backswimmer, n.

any of numerous predaceous aquatic insects of the family Notonectidae (such as Notonecta undulata) that swim on their backs and may inflict painful bites; -- also called boat bug. [WordNet 1.5]

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