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BOAT BUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boat bug mean?
• BOAT BUG (noun)
The noun BOAT BUG has 1 sense:
1. carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs
Familiarity information: BOAT BUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
boat bug; water boatman
Hypernyms ("boat bug" is a kind of...):
water bug (a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water)
Holonyms ("boat bug" is a member of...):
Corixa; genus Corixa (type genus of the Corixidae: boat bugs)
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