notonectidn.adj.
/ˌnəʊtə(ʊ)ˈnɛktɪd/, U.S. /ˌnoʊdəˈnɛktɪd/ Entomology.
A. n.
A predatory aquatic bug of the family Notonectidae; a backswimmer. Cf. Notonecta n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > member of (beetle) > aquatic > that swims on it's back
Notonecta1658
notonectid1908
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > family Notonectidae > member of
Notonecta1658
boatfly1681
water boatman1815
boatman1841
back-swimmer1862
notonectid1908
1908 Science 29 May 853/2 ‘Observations on the Habits and Life History of [a] Notonectid,’ by S. F. Hull.
1917 Science 6 Apr. 336/2 Among the bugs that live in the water, none are more common than the back-swimmers, or Notonectids, and the water boatmen, or Corixids.
1952 Amer. Midland Naturalist 47 417 Aquatic Hemiptera were represented [in the diet of brown trout] mainly by corixids, notonectids, gerrids, and..the large water bug, Belostoma.
1996 Ecology 77 1900/1 Larval notonectids are relegated to foraging in lower quality food patches to avoid predation by adult cannibals.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating a bug of the family Notonectidae.
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1928 Ecology 9 395 In the laboratory a notonectid adult fed upon a Ranatra nymph by inserting its proboscis into the first abdominal joint.
1997 Global Ecol. & Biogeogr. Lett. 6 111 Small aquatic predator species with chemical repellants against predatory fishes belong to the notonectid genus Buenoa in the Neotropical Region.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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