Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

creeping water bug

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: creep-ing wa-ter bug
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any insect in the family Naucoridae, aquatic predatory true bugs that look like toe biters

Inflected Forms

creeping water bugs (plural)

Questions

What does creeping water bug mean?: Any insect in the family Naucoridae, aquatic predatory true bugs that look like toe biters

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