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water bug

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. water bug (noun)
  2. water boatman (noun)
  3. giant water bug (noun)

water bug

noun

Definition of WATER BUG

: any of various small arthropods and especially insects that frequent damp or wet places: as a : german cockroach b : water boatman c : any of various large aquatic bugs (family Belostomatidae) with the hind legs flattened and used for swimming
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First Known Use of WATER BUG

1750

Rhymes with WATER BUG

antidrug, chugalug, date rape drug, doodlebug, gateway drug, jitterbug, ladybug, lightning bug, litterbug, mealybug, orphan drug, pull the plug, scatter rug, shutterbug, sulfa drug, superbug, wonder drug

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