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true bugs

true bugs is the plural of true bug.

Meaning of true bug

Noun

true bug (plural true bugs)

  1. Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially those of the suborder Heteroptera, that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking.
    • Fig. 16 is the striped or cucumber-bug, as it is improperly called, but which is in reality a beetle, while fig. 17, the squash-bug, is a true bug, being without jaws or mouth, except a long slender tube, fitted for piercing and sucking the sap of plants.1858, “Insects Injurious to Vegetation”, in The (old) Farmer's Almanack, page 37
    Synonyms:
    bug

Questions about true bugs

What is true bugs the plural of?
True bugs is the plural of true bug.

Words near true bugs in the dictionary

  1. true bill
  2. true bills
  3. true blue
  4. true blues
  5. true bug
  6. true bugs
  7. true civet
  8. true civets
  9. true cobra
  10. true cobras
  11. true color

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