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Definition of Giant water bug
1. Noun. Large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts; feeds on young fishes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Giant Water Bug
Literary usage of Giant water bug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Introduction to the Study of Zoölogy for Use in High Schools and Academies by N. A. Harvey (1901)
"Look at the larva and say whether the giant water bug has a direct or an ...
Additional Facts About the giant water bug. The giant water bug lives in ponds, ..."
2. A Source Book of Biological Nature-study by Elliot Rowland Downing (1919)
"The giant water bug (Fig. 177) is more likely to be met under some electric light
... The nymph of the giant water bug is very like the adult but smaller, ..."
3. The Brook Book: A First Acquaintance with the Brook and Its Inhabitants by Mary Farrand Rogers Miller (1901)
"Among insects the giant water- bug well deserves the name, both as to size and
as to appetite. The water-scorpion depends upon stealth to obtain a dinner, ..."
4. Cornell Nature-study Leaflets by Cornell University, College of Agriculture (1904)
"Giant water-bug. Fig. 72. Water-scorpion. thickly settled, and the other insects on
... The giant water-bug often migrates at night, and is attracted to any ..."
5. Lessons in Nature Study by Oliver Peebles Jenkins, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1900)
"Some of the members of the giant water-bug family are smaller, ... A Giant
Water-bug YOUNG DRAGON FLIES.—Drag out with a rake some of the decaying ..."
6. Annual Report (1899)
"wA^r The giant water-bug* £ B often migrates ^HV RE&, attracted to ^^BB\ at night
and is J 1 ... Giant water-bug. , . . . . . . c , find many surprises. ..."
7. Insect Life: An Introduction to Nature-study and a Guide for Teachers by John Henry Comstock (1901)
"Their fore legs are fitted for seizing prey and resemble somewhat those of the
water- scorpions. FIG. 104.—Giant water-bug ..."
8. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
"Take for example the giant water bug, ... it to hold itself against a current or
to cling to its prey ; whilst the middle pair of The giant water bug. ..."
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