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De - Pt| English Dictionary: boatman | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for boatman | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Boatman \Boat"man\, n.; pl. {Boatmen}. 1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. As late the boatman hies him home. --Percival. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A boat bug. See {Boat bug}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Boat bug \Boat" bug`\ (Zo[94]l.) An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus {Notonecta}; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also {boat fly}, {boat insect}, {boatman}, and {water boatman}. | |
