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Water Bug

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Noun

1. water bug

a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water

2. blattella germanica, croton bug, crotonbug, german cockroach, water bug

small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Water Bug

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noun
any of various heteropterous insects adapted to living in the water or on its surface, esp any of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bugs), of North America, India, and southern Africa, which have flattened hairy legs

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Water Bug

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1. 
any of various hemipteran insects that live in fresh waters, including the backswimmers and the water boatmen
2.  US, Loosely
Croton bug

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Water Bug

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n.
1. Any of various aquatic insects, especially a water boatman, a backswimmer, or a large predatory hemipteran of the family Belostomatidae.
2. A large cockroach.

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