Bug definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BUG, n. In common language, the name of a vast multitude ... formed for running. Some species have no wings. The house-bug, or bed-bug, is a troublesome and disgusting insect. BUG, or BUG'BEAR, n. A frightful object; a walking specter; any ...
Bait bug definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bait Bait, n. [Icel. beita ... rest and refreshment. 4. A light or hasty luncheon. Bait bug (Zo["o]l), a crustacean of the genus Hippa found ... burrowing in sandy beaches. See Anomura. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bug Bug, n. [OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear ... bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. --Shak. 2 ... to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc. 3. (Zo["o]l.) An ...
Bug word definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bug Bug, n. [OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear ... bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. --Shak. 2 ... to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc. 3. (Zo["o]l.) An insect of the ...
May bug definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any of ... to vegetation as both larvae and adult [syn: cockchafer, May bug, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha] 2: any of various large usually ... feed on roots of grasses etc. [syn: June beetle, June bug, May bug, May beetle] Webster's 1913 Dictionary June June, n. [L ... Then, if ever, come perfect days. -- Lowell. June beetle, June bug (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large ... the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also May bug or May beetle. June grass (Bot.), a New England ...
water bug definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water ... from Europe; a common household pest [syn: German cockroach, Croton bug, crotonbug, water bug, Blattella germanica] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1750 any of ... flattened and used for swimming Webster's 1913 Dictionary Water bug Wa"ter bug` (Zo["o]l.) (a) The Croton ...
kissing bug definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large bloodsucking bug [syn: conenose, cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, big bedbug, kissing bug] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1899 any of various large ... painful bites — called also conenose Webster's 1913 Dictionary Kissing bug Kiss"ing bug` (Zo["o]l.) Any one of ...
Croton bug definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small light ... from Europe; a common household pest [syn: German cockroach, Croton bug, crotonbug, water bug, Blattella germanica] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Croton River, N ... City Date: 1877 German cockroach Webster's 1913 Dictionary Croton bug Cro"ton bug` (b?g`). [From the Croton water of New York.] (Zo ... small, active, winged species of cockroach (Ectobia Germanica), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and in houses in ...
rose bug definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: common North ... or apple trees or grape vines [syn: rose chafer, rose bug, Macrodactylus subspinosus] Merriam Webster's noun see rose chafer Webster ... injurious to rosebushes, apple trees, grapevines, etc. Called also rose bug, and rose chafer. (b) The European chafer. Rose bug. (Zo["o]l.) same as Rose beetle, Rose chafer. Rose ... injurious to rosebushes, apple trees, grapevines, etc. Called also rose bug, and rose chafer. (b) The European chafer. Rose bug. (Zo["o]l.) same as Rose beetle, Rose chafer. ...
chinch bug definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small black ... and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses [syn: chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1785 a small black-and-white bug (Blissus leucopterus) that is very destructive to cereal grasses Webster ... l.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius). 2. (Zo["o]l.) A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive ... to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.
June bug definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any of ... feed on roots of grasses etc. [syn: June beetle, June bug, May bug, May beetle] Merriam Webster's noun Usage: often capitalized J ... Then, if ever, come perfect days. -- Lowell. June beetle, June bug (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large ... the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also May bug or May beetle. June grass (Bot.), a New England name ... is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and ...
assassin bug definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals [syn: assassin bug, reduviid] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1895 any of a ... are usually predatory on insects though some (as a kissing bug) suck the blood of mammals — called also reduviid
wheel bug definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects [syn: wheel bug, Arilus cristatus] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1815 a large North American assassin bug (Arilus cristatus) that has a high serrated crest on its ... either on water or upon inclined planes or railways. Wheel bug (Zo["o]l.), a large North American hemipterous insect (Prionidus ...
squash bug definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family [syn: squash bug, Anasa tristis] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1846 a large black American bug (Anasa tristis of the family Coreidae) injurious to plants of ... The name is applied also to other allied species. Squash bug (Zo["o]l.), a large black American hemipterous insect (Coreus ...