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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs;
[syn: water boatman, boat bug]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Water boatman \Wa"ter boat`man\ (Zool.) A boat bug. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Boat bug \Boat" bug`\ (Zool.) An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

water boatman n 1: carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs [syn: water boatman, boat bug]