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Water Scorpion

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Noun

1. water scorpion

long-legged aquatic insect having the front legs fitted for seizing and holding prey and the abdomen extended by a long breathing tube

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Water Scorpion

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noun
any of various long-legged aquatic insects of the heteropterous family Nepidae, which breathe by means of a long spinelike tube that projects from the rear of the body and penetrates the surface of the water

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Water Scorpion

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any of a family (Nepidae) of elongated, sticklike, four-winged hemipteran insects, characterized by a long breathing tube at the anal end of the abdomen

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

Water Scorpion

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n.
Any of various aquatic predatory insects of the family Nepidae, having a long breathing tube projecting from the end of the abdomen.

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