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Jesus bug
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Etymology
In the case of the water strider, allusion to the miracle of Jesus Christ walking on water.
Noun
en Q270322 en water strider<id:Q270322> an insect of the family Gerridae.
en literal, sum of parts en Jesus bug
en https://www.google.com/books/edition/Idiot_Sojourning_Soul/9NrQDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the%20Jesus%20bug%22&pg=PA29&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22the%20Jesus%20bug%22 Idiot, Sojourning Soul: A Post-Secular Pilgrimage Justin Rosolino Wipf and Stock Publishers 9781532674822 1141420669 2020-01-29 29 I was twenty when I first caught the Jesus bug. It took another two years before I even considered visiting a church.
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