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redbug

redbug noun: any member of the family Pyrrhocoridae of true bugs.

Noun

redbug (plural redbugs)

  1. Any member of the family Pyrrhocoridae of true bugs.
    • Atticus paused, watching me locate an elusive redbug on my leg.
      "Gentle breeding," he continued, when I had found and scratched it,....1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 13, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Forms of redbug

pluralredbugs

Origin of redbug

From red + bug.

Questions about redbug

What does redbug mean?
Redbug means any member of the family Pyrrhocoridae of true bugs.
What part of speech is redbug?
Redbug is a noun.
What is the plural of redbug?
The plural of redbug is redbugs.

Words near redbug in the dictionary

  1. Redbrook
  2. redbrown
  3. redbuck
  4. redbud
  5. redbuds
  6. redbug
  7. redbugs
  8. Redburn
  9. Redburns
  10. redbush
  11. redcanyonite

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