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toad bug

noun

any of several small broad aquatic insect-eating hemipterous insects of the family Gelastocoridae, having toadlike characteristics.

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Origin of toad bug

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby toad bug

tnpk., TNT, T number, to, toad, toad bug, toadeater, to a degree, toadfish, toadflax, toad-in-the-hole
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Example sentences from the Web for toad bug

  • A small insect called the toad-bug (Galgulus) lives abundantly on the banks of a pond on the campus of Stanford University.

    Elementary Zoology, Second Edition|Vernon L. Kellogg