water bug

noun — 5 senses

water bug

noun
1

Any member of the infraorder Nepomorpha of true water bugs.

2

Any of various other true bugs that live around water.

3

An American cockroach (Periplaneta americana).

4

An oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis).

5

Synonym of water strider.

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