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    BACKSWIMMER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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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