water bug

  1. any of various hemipteran insects that live in fresh waters, including the backswimmers and the water boatmen
  2. loosely Croton bug

See water bug in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Any of various aquatic insects, especially the water boatman and certain backswimmers.
  2. A large cockroach.

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