shore bug

noun

An insect of any of numerous small predatory, often burrowing, species of the family Saldidae, found near bodies of water.

Meanings

nounshore bug (plural shore bugs)

plural shore bugs

  1. An insect of any of numerous small predatory, often burrowing, species of the family Saldidae, found near bodies of water.
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