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Water bug

Water bug Meaning & Definition
Water bug Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Water bug?

[n] small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest
[n] a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water

Synonyms | Synonyms for Water bug: Blattella germanica | Croton bug | crotonbug | German cockroach

Related Terms | Find terms related to Water bug:

See Also | Blattella | boat bug | cockroach | genus Blattella | giant water bug | heteropterous insect | pond-skater | roach | water boatman | water scorpion | water skater | water strider

Water bug In Webster's Dictionary

\Wa"ter bug`\ (Zo["o]l.) (a) The Croton bug. (b) Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemipterous insects belonging to {Belostoma}, {Benacus}, {Zaitha}, and other genera of the family {Belostomatid[ae]}. Their hind legs are long and fringed, and act like oars. Some of these insects are of great size, being among the largest existing Hemiptera. Many of them come out of the water and fly about at night.

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