boat fly

boat fly
Boat bug Boat" bug` (Zo["o]l.) An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus {Notonecta}; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also {boat fly}, {boat insect}, {boatman}, and {water boatman}. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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