boat bug

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun boat bug has 1 sense

boat bug(n = noun.animal) water boatman - carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs; Array

is a kind of water bug

is a member of corixa, genus corixa

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CIDE DICTIONARY

boat bug,

An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman. [1913 Webster]

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