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Boat Bug
Webster's Dictionary
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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Boat Bug'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/boat-bug.html. 1828.