"boat bug" meaning in English

See boat bug in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: boat bugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} boat bug (plural boat bugs)
  1. (dated) A water boatman. Tags: dated Categories (lifeform): True bugs
    Sense id: en-boat_bug-en-noun-dxtOsnZq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(dated) A water boatman."
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