Definition of Boat bug

1. Noun. Carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs.

Exact synonyms: Water Boatman
Generic synonyms: Water Bug
Group relationships: Corixa, Genus Corixa

Definition of Boat bug

1. Noun. An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus ''Notonecta''; the water boatman. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Boat bug

1. An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Synonym: boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boat Bug

boastfully
boastfulness
boastfulnesses
boasting
boastingly
boastings
boastive
boastless
boasts
boat
boat-billed heron
boat-race
boat-shaped
boat-shaped abdomen
boat-tail
boat bug
boat bugs
boat club
boat conformation
boat deck
boat form
boat hook
boat lift
boat lifts
boat paddle
boat people
boat person
boat race
boat racing
boat shell

Literary usage of Boat bug

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Little Folk's Primer by Mary B Newton (1898)
"April round showers with worm spider web flowers grass friends making poor them boat bug hurt catch leaves ..."

2. The Fifth Readerby William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey by William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey (1878)
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