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stinkbug

noun

Etymology

From stink + bug.

  1. derived from *buddô✻
  2. derived from budda
  3. derived from budde
  4. derived from *bʰew-✻
  5. derived from *bugja-✻
  6. derived from bugge
  7. compounded as stinkbug — “stink + bug”

Definitions

  1. Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a…

    Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes, which they use to discourage predators.

  2. Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"), in the suborder…

    Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"), in the suborder Heteroptera, principally in the superfamily Pentatomoidea or Coreoidea.

    • Every few years when Udonga montana, a bamboo-feeding stink bug, erupts in massive swarms, the people of the Mizo community in northern India don’t reach for pesticides. Instead, they look for baskets.

  3. A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when…

    A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.

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Derived

brown marmorated stink bug, man-faced stinkbug, southern green stink bug, twice-stabbed stink bug

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA