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English → English (gcide) Definition: boat insect 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. [1913 Webster]