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GIANT WATER BUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does giant water bug mean?
• GIANT WATER BUG (noun)
The noun GIANT WATER BUG has 1 sense:
1. large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts; feeds on young fishes
Familiarity information: GIANT WATER BUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts; feeds on young fishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("giant water bug" is a kind of...):
water bug (a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water)
Holonyms ("giant water bug" is a member of...):
Belostomatidae; family Belostomatidae (water bugs)
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