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Water bug   /wˈɔtər bəg/   Listen
Water bug

noun
1.
A true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water.
2.
Small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest.  Synonyms: Blattella germanica, Croton bug, crotonbug, German cockroach.



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"Water bug" Quotes from Famous Books



... systems, a gift for salty speech and a tendency to drawl their words as if their thoughts were being raised from a deep well. Usually, they are men of extraordinary power, and are worth any dozen of that individual who scuttles about like a water bug, making an exhibition of great energy but, like the whirling dervish, keeping in such constant motion that he has no chance to observe what goes on under his nose. Here, as in all things, it is steadiness that does it. The blunt soldier, the old ...
— The Armed Forces Officer - Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 • U. S. Department of Defense


Words linked to "Water bug" :   roach, crotonbug, water strider, water scorpion, pond-skater, genus Blattella, Croton bug, German cockroach, water skater, Blattella germanica, Blattella, heteropterous insect, giant water bug, boat bug, water boatman, cockroach


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