Usually means: Aquatic insects, various species, widespread.
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  1. water bugs: Merriam-Webster
  2. water bugs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. water bugs: Vocabulary.com
  4. water-bugs: Wordnik
  5. water bugs: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (water bug)

noun:  Any member of the infraorder Nepomorpha, the true water bugs.
noun:  Any of various other true bugs that live around water.
noun:  An American cockroach of species Periplaneta americana.
noun:  An oriental cockroach of species Blatta orientalis.
▸ Also see water_bug

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