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Noun: water bug  wo-tu(r) búg
  1. A true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water
     
  2. Small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest
    - German cockroach, Croton bug, crotonbug, Blattella germanica

Derived forms: water bugs

Type of: cockroach, heteropterous insect, roach

Part of: Blattella, genus Blattella

Encyclopedia: Water bug

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