Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any insect in the family Belostomatidae of large, predatory true bugs.

More definitions
  • large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts; feeds on young fishes

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Kalman caught another giant water bug.

  2. Flavio saw a giant bug inside the room.

  3. The giant bug got stuck at the door.

  4. Kalman was bitten by a giant water bug.

  5. Shellfish are just giant bugs.

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Forms

plural: giant water bugs
Singulargiant water bug
Pluralgiant water bugs

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Word family

1 related words
Relatedtoe biter

See also

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