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Nepidae
(redirected from water scorpion)

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Nepidae [′nepĀ·ə‚dē]
(invertebrate zoology)
The water scorpions, a family of hemipteran insects in the superfamily Nepoidea, characterized by a long breathing tube at the tip of the abdomen, chelate front legs, and a short stout beak.


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Among the new species of carnivores are two pseudoscorpions, a 2-inch-long centipede, a worm-sucking leech, four spiders, and a water scorpion.
 
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