WATER BUG


Meaning of WATER BUG in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1750

: any of various small arthropods and especially insects that frequent damp or wet places: as

a. : German cockroach

b. : water boatman

c. : any of various large aquatic bugs (family Belostomatidae) with the hind legs flattened and used for swimming

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.