toad bug
noun
any of several small broad aquatic insect-eating hemipterous insects of the family Gelastocoridae, having toadlike characteristics.
Origin of toad bug
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby toad bug
to-be,
to-do,
to-do list,
to-name,
toad,
toad bug,
toad juice,
toad spit,
toad-in-the-hole,
toadeater,
toadfish
Example sentences from the Web for toad bug
A small insect called the toad-bug (Galgulus) lives abundantly on the banks of a pond on the campus of Stanford University.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition |Vernon L. Kellogg