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backswimmer
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back·swim·mer  (bkswmr)
n.
Any of various aquatic bugs of the family Notonectidae that swim on their backs by means of broadened, oarlike hind legs.
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Noun1.backswimmer - predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bitesbackswimmer - predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites
Notonecta undulata
hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, bug - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
genus Notonecta, Notonecta - type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers
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Pygmy backswimmers inhabit vegetation, primarily in permanent ponds but also in lake shallows, stream backwaters, and swamps (Hilsenhoff 1991).
Aquatic macroinvertebrates of the Grand Calumet River by Whitman, Richard L. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Backswimmers got their name because - surprise, surprise - they swim on their backs.
Science rules! It's a bug life by Dubey, Anita / Kidsworld Magazine
 
 
 
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