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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.backswimmerbackswimmer - 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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But whereas the water boatman swims right-side up, the backswimmer spends its life on its back").
Joyce Sidman: Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems by Long, Joanna Rudge / The Horn Book Magazine
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