Meaning

5 senses
  1. Any member of the infraorder Nepomorpha of true water bugs.

    a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water

  2. Any of various other true bugs that live around water.

  3. An American cockroach (Periplaneta americana).

  4. An oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis).

  5. Synonym of water strider.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Kalman caught another giant water bug.

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  2. Kalman was bitten by a water bug.

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  3. Kalman was bitten by a giant water bug.

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  4. Water bugs aren't poisonous.

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  5. The water bug was swimming straight towards Kalman's feet.

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Forms

plural: water bugs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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