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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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Word History and Origins
Origin of toad bug1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
A small insect called the toad-bug (Galgulus) lives abundantly on the banks of a pond on the campus of Stanford University.
From Project Gutenberg
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