water bug
Noun
Meaning
The Croton bug.
Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemipterous insects belonging to Belostoma, Benacus, Zaitha, and other genera of the family Belostomatidae. Their hind legs are long and fringed, and act like oars. Some of these insects are of great size, being among the largest existing Hemiptera. Many of them come out of the water and fly about at night.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
roach
insect
croton bug
daphnia
backswimmer
German cockroach
water scorpion
water beetle
water spider
water boatman
water flea
giant water bug
water strider
diving beetle
Blattella germanica
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