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WATER SCORPION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long-legged aquatic insect having the front legs fitted for seizing and holding prey and the abdomen extended by a long breathing tube
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("water scorpion" is a kind of...):
water bug (a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water)
Holonyms ("water scorpion" is a member of...):
family Nepidae; Nepidae (water scorpions)
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