Notonectidae

noun

aquatic carnivorous insects

• Syn: ↑family Notonectidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hemiptera, ↑order Hemiptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑Notonecta, ↑genus Notonecta

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\\-təˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Notonecta, type genus (from not- (I) + -necta swimmer, from Greek nēktēs, from nēchein to swim) + -idae — more at neso-

: a family of aquatic carnivorous insects (order Hemiptera) having the back strongly convex and the hind legs long and resembling oars and habitually swimming back downward