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firebugs

firebugs is the plural of firebug.

Meaning of firebug

Noun

firebug (plural firebugs)

  1. Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.
  2. (slang) A pyromaniac or arsonist.
    • But the firebug allegedly ran back inside yelling before he finally took off.2024 August 9, Gabriella Bass, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon and Joe Marino, “Firebug accused of torching NYC building, injuring 9 is freed without bail, back in neighborhood”, in New York Post

Questions about firebugs

What is firebugs the plural of?
Firebugs is the plural of firebug.

Words near firebugs in the dictionary

  1. firebrick
  2. firebricks
  3. firebucket
  4. firebuckets
  5. firebug
  6. firebugs
  7. firecall
  8. firecalls
  9. firecan
  10. firecans
  11. firechief

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