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boat bug
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
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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