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| bug |
any of a large group of insects with sucking mouths and forewings thickened at the base, such as the water bug. [1/8 definitions] |
| chinch |
see "chinch bug." [1/2 definitions] |
| figeater |
see "June bug." |
| rose chafer |
a long-legged gray beetle that feeds on and damages roses and other plants; rose bug; rose beetle. |
| wood louse |
any of certain small terrestrial crustaceans that have seven pairs of legs and flat elliptical bodies, such as the sow bug. |
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