"shore bug" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shore bugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shore bug (plural shore bugs)
  1. An insect of any of numerous small predatory, often burrowing, species of the family Saldidae, found near bodies of water. Wikipedia link: Saldidae Categories (lifeform): True bugs Related terms: shore fly Translations (insect of the family Saldidae): tábąąh chʼosh (Navajo)

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