Meaning Of The Word Water bug

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water bug in American English
any of various hemipteran insects that live in fresh waters, including the backswimmers and the water boatmen
noun: any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bug)

water bug in British English
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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