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water bug
noun
- any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae giant water bug.
- (loosely) a large cockroach, especially the American cockroach.
water bug
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of water bug1
First recorded in 1740–50
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Example Sentences
She had been bitten by the cold water bug while swimming in Vermont’s Lake Champlain a few years ago, but in the face of the pandemic, found that last winter the practice served her more than ever.
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Presently he noticed a funny water bug crawling on the bottom where the water was only an inch or two deep. '
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Here two large tiger-beetles were fighting with a poor water-bug.
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And she regards you as—well, as a considerably-drowned water-bug.
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You are no more than a water-bug on the surface of the river.
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A good many kinds of bugs live in the water, but perhaps the oddest of all is the giant water bug.
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