Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun backswimmer

1 sense of backswimmer

Sense 1
backswimmer, Notonecta undulata -- (predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites)
       => hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteron -- (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)