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oil bugs

oil bugs is the plural of oil bug.

Meaning of oil bug

Noun

oil bug (plural oil bugs)

  1. (US, dated, slang, oil industry) A microfossil, particularly a foraminiferan.
    Synonyms:
    bug

Questions about oil bugs

What is oil bugs the plural of?
Oil bugs is the plural of oil bug.

Words near oil bugs in the dictionary

  1. oil bath
  2. oil baths
  3. oil beetle
  4. oil beetles
  5. oil bug
  6. oil bugs
  7. oil burner
  8. oil burner route
  9. oil burner routes
  10. oil burners
  11. oil cake

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