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Definition of Family Belostomatidae
1. Noun. Water bugs.
Exact synonyms: Belostomatidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Heteroptera, Suborder Heteroptera
Member holonyms: Giant Water Bug
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Heteroptera, Suborder Heteroptera
Member holonyms: Giant Water Bug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Belostomatidae
Literary usage of Family Belostomatidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"... caudal appendages short, strap-shaped, retractile; middle and hind legs
flattened, fitted for swimming; tarsi two-jointed. . . . Family BELOSTOMATIDAE . ..."
2. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"... GIANT |VATER BUGS (family Belostomatidae.) The remarkable insects of this
family have long attracted attention. They include the largest of living bugs, ..."
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