"water bug" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water bugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water bug (plural water bugs)
  1. Any member of the infraorder Nepomorpha, the true water bugs. Categories (lifeform): Cockroaches Translations (member of infraorder Nepomorpha): vesilude (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-water_bug-en-noun-Jh-7cSH4 Disambiguation of Cockroaches: 22 16 31 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 29 24 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 26 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 27 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 25 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 22 26 27 Disambiguation of 'member of infraorder Nepomorpha': 75 9 8 8
  2. Any of various other true bugs that live around water. Categories (lifeform): Cockroaches, True bugs Synonyms: waterbug Translations (other true bug living around water): vesilude (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-water_bug-en-noun-2mQuTl1i Disambiguation of Cockroaches: 22 16 31 31 Disambiguation of True bugs: 21 38 20 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 29 24 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 26 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 27 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 25 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 22 26 27 Disambiguation of 'other true bug living around water': 18 51 16 16
  3. An American cockroach of species Periplaneta americana. Categories (lifeform): Cockroaches Translations (Periplaneta americana): sokeritorakka (Finnish), amerikantorakka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-water_bug-en-noun-q6-KYFn1 Disambiguation of Cockroaches: 22 16 31 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 29 24 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 26 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 27 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 25 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 22 26 27 Disambiguation of 'Periplaneta americana': 7 9 64 21
  4. An oriental cockroach of species Blatta orientalis. Categories (lifeform): Cockroaches Translations (Blatta orientalis): itämainen torakka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-water_bug-en-noun-CIDPL6xJ Disambiguation of Cockroaches: 22 16 31 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 29 24 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 26 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 27 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 25 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 22 26 27 Disambiguation of 'Blatta orientalis': 6 8 19 66

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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