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NOTONECTA UNDULATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Notonecta undulata mean?
• NOTONECTA UNDULATA (noun)
The noun NOTONECTA UNDULATA has 1 sense:
1. predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites
Familiarity information: NOTONECTA UNDULATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
backswimmer; Notonecta undulata
Hypernyms ("Notonecta undulata" is a kind of...):
bug; hemipteran; hemipteron; hemipterous insect (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)
Holonyms ("Notonecta undulata" is a member of...):
genus Notonecta; Notonecta (type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers)
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