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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
TNT, T number, to, toa, toad, toad bug, toadeater, to a degree, toadfish, toadflax, toad-in-the-hole
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