Boatman

  • 41Water boatman — Wa ter boat man (Zo[ o]l.) A boat bug. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 42Water boatman — Water boatman, as a type of insect, can mean: In the USA, Corixidae: the majority of species are herbivorous, but some species may eat small animals such as tadpoles. They inhabit ponds and slow moving streams, where they swim right way up near… …

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  • 43Peter Boatman — is a former British police officer who now works as a consultant to, amongst others, the Youth Justice Board.His company, Pro Tect Systems, is currently the only authorised importer of Taser devices to Britain. The Sunday Times has claimed that… …

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  • 44The Boatman's Call — es el décimo álbum de estudio de Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Fue editado en 1997 convirtiéndose en el gran álbum de madurez de Cave. Se trata de un disco envuelto en una atmósfera plena de melancolía y lirismo. Las canciones, construidas en… …

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  • 45water boatman — n. any of a family (Corixidae) of hemipterous water bugs that swim about in ponds and streams by vigorous movement of the fringed, oarlike hind legs …

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  • 46water boatman — noun Date: 1815 1. backswimmer 2. any of various oval flattened aquatic bugs (family Corixidae) of fresh or brackish water with fringed hind legs modified into paddles …

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  • 47by boatman — a fisherman engaged in the inshore cod fishery using small craft in Newfoundland …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 48bye-boatman — a fisherman engaged in the inshore cod fishery using small craft in Newfoundland …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 49water boatman — noun Any of various aquatic insects of the family Corixidae that have paddle shaped hind legs used for swimming …

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  • 50water boatman — noun a predatory aquatic bug that swims on its back using its long back legs as oars. [Family Notonectidae.] …

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