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WATER BOATMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water boatman mean?
• WATER BOATMAN (noun)
The noun WATER BOATMAN has 1 sense:
1. carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs
Familiarity information: WATER BOATMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
boat bug; water boatman
Hypernyms ("water boatman" is a kind of...):
water bug (a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water)
Holonyms ("water boatman" is a member of...):
Corixa; genus Corixa (type genus of the Corixidae: boat bugs)
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