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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Boat bug \Boat" bug`\ (Zo["o]l.) An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus {Notonecta}; -- so called from swimming on its back which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also {boat fly}, {boat insect}, {boatman}, and {water boatman}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Boatman \Boat"man\, n.; pl {Boatmen}. 1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. As late the boatman hies him home. --Percival. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A boat bug. See {Boat bug}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: boatman n : someone who drives or rides in a boat [syn: {boater}, {waterman}]
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