Definition of water bug Water bug
wa•ter bug
We found 8 definitions of water bug from 3 different sources.
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What does water bug mean?
WordNet
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| water bug - a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water | ||
| heteropterous insect true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips | ||
| giant water bug large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts; feeds on young fishes | ||
| water scorpion long-legged aquatic insect having the front legs fitted for seizing and holding prey and the abdomen extended by a long breathing tube | ||
| boat bug, water boatman carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs | ||
| water bug - small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest | ||
| German cockroach, Croton bug, crotonbug, Blattella germanica | ||
| cockroach, roach any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests | ||
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Wiktionary 
- water bug (Noun)
Any member of the infraorder Nepomorpha, the true water bug s. - water bug (Noun)
Any of various other true bug s that live around water. - water bug (Noun)
The American cockroach, Periplaneta americana. - water bug (Noun)
The Oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- water bug
The Croton bug. - water bug
Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemipterous insects belonging to Belostoma, Benacus, Zaitha, and other genera of the family Belostomatidae. Their hind legs are long and fringed, and act like oars. Some of these insects are of great size, being among the largest existing Hemiptera. Many of them come out of the water and fly about at night.
