giant water bugs

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• giant water bug — ▪ insect       any wide and flat bodied aquatic insect of the family Belostomatidae (order Heteroptera). This family, although containing only about 100 species, includes the largest bugs in the order: sometimes exceeding 10 cm (4 inches) in the… …   Universalium

• giant water bug — noun large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts; feeds on young fishes • Hypernyms: ↑water bug • Member Holonyms: ↑Belostomatidae, ↑family Belostomatidae * * * noun : any of several very large aquatic bugs (family Belostomatidae) having …   Useful english dictionary

• giant water bug — noun Date: 1901 any of a family (Belostomatidae and especially genus Lethocerus) of very large predatory aquatic bugs capable of inflicting a painful bite …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• water bug — noun 1. a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water • Hypernyms: ↑heteropterous insect • Hyponyms: ↑giant water bug, ↑water scorpion, ↑water boatman, ↑boat bug, ↑water strider, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• water bug — (Roget s IV) n. Water bugs include: skipper, skater, water beetle, walking stick, water weevil, back swimmer, giant water bug, Croton bug, gerrid, water flea, water scorpion, water mantis, water scavenger, water treader, water boatman, water… …   English dictionary for students

• water bug — 1. any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bug). 2. (loosely) a large cockroach, esp. the American cockroach. [1740 50] * * * …   Universalium

• Terran Federation–Bugs conflict — The Terran Federation–Bugs conflict, or the Bug War, is a fictional event in the novel Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein, as well as the film Starship Troopers , based loosely on the novel, the film s sequels, and the related TV series . It …   Wikipedia

• heteropteran — ▪ insect order Introduction   any member of the insect order Heteroptera, which comprises the so called true bugs. (Some authorities use the name Hemiptera; others consider both the heteropterans and the homopterans to be suborders of the… …   Universalium

• Belostomatidae — Taxobox name = Belostomatidae image width = 250px image caption = Abedus indentatus male with eggs on its back regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera infraordo = Nepomorpha familia = Belostomatidae subdivision… …   Wikipedia

• Nepomorpha — Nepa cinerea, a water scorpion Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• Lethocerus indicus — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia