"scorpion bug" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scorpion bugs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌɡ Head templates: {{en-noun}} scorpion bug (plural scorpion bugs)
  1. Any large predatory water bug in the genus Nepa or similar bugs in family Nepidae. Categories (lifeform): True bugs Synonyms: water scorpion, needle bug, water stick insect

Inflected forms

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