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  1. Water bug of the family Corixidae that feeds
  2. on plant debris and algae. It has a flattened
  3. body 1.5 cm/0.6 in long, with oarlike legs.
  4. The name also applies to the backswimmers,
  5. genus Notecta, which are superficially
  6. similar.
  7.