BACKSWIMMER

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Meaning:

Predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites

Synonyms:

backswimmer; Notonecta undulata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("backswimmer" is a kind of...):

bug; hemipteran; hemipteron; hemipterous insect (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)

Holonyms ("backswimmer" is a member of...):

genus Notonecta; Notonecta (type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers)

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