Definition of Backswimmer. Meaning of Backswimmer. Synonyms of Backswimmer

- cosmopolitan family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly called backswimmers because they swim "upside down" (inverted). They are all predators and...
- Notonecta glauca, also known as the greater water-boatman or common backswimmer, is a species of aquatic insect in the family Notonectidae. This species...
- Notonecta undulata, also known by the common name grousewinged backswimmer, are from the family Notonectidae and the insect suborder Heteroptera. They...
- Notonecta kirbyi, or Kirby's backswimmer, is a species of backswimmer in the family Notonectidae. It is found in North America. "Notonecta kirbyi Report"...
- Pleidae, the pygmy backswimmers, is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera (infraorder Nepomorpha, or "true water bugs"). There are 37 species...
- Family Notonectidae – backswimmers Note: sometimes included in Notonectoidea Family Helotrephidae Family Pleidae – pygmy backswimmers Wikimedia Commons has...
- The backswimmer Notonecta glauca underwater, showing its paddle-like hindleg adaptation...
- some are found in freshwater habitats. These include the water boatmen, backswimmers, pond skaters, and giant water bugs. Hemiptera belong to the insect superorder...
- including such insects as giant water bugs, creeping water bugs and backswimmers Various other aquatic true bugs, known collectively as water bugs Heteroptera...
- known as the greater water boatman in the United Kingdom (called the backswimmer in the United States) Sigara, especially Sigara arguta, known as water...