toad bug

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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

How to use toad bug in a sentence

I was thinking about retiring from modeling, but spending that time with them rekindled that bug.
Porn Stars on the Year in Porn: Drone Erotica, Belle Knox, and Wild Sex|Aurora Snow|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But is bug protein really any better than traditional protein sources, like chicken, or your go-to protein powder?
Is Cricket Flour the New Protein Powder?|DailyBurn|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Read on to find out what you need to know before whipping up bug-infused banana bread.
Is Cricket Flour the New Protein Powder?|DailyBurn|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Underneath, a miniature version of the bug-crazy man is revealed, himself thwacking away in an alternate dimension.
‘Interstellar’ Is Wildly Ambitious, Very Flawed, and Absolutely Worth Seeing|Marlow Stern|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In May, the head of Guerreros Unidos, Mario Casarrubias Salgado, aka the Beautiful Toad, was arrested.
Mexico’s First Lady of Murder Is on the Lam|Michael Daly|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the old days every great man kept a toad-eater; sometimes his functions were highly paid—Wolff's are, I fancy.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The thick torso of a man who squatted like a toad could be seen partly emerging from the shrubs.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
The men stood around bug-eyed and stared incredulously—all but High-Pockets.
Nine Men in Time|Noel Miller Loomis
Tressan was ugly as a toad, the most absurd, ridiculous bridegroom that ever led woman to the altar.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Both were bitten by the gambling bug in Saratoga and went West, not to grow up with, but to fairly conquer the country.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various