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wugs

wugs is the plural of wug.

Meaning of wug

Noun (1)

wug (plural wugs (see usage notes))

  1. An imaginary creature resembling a bird, used in the Wug Test to investigate the acquisition of the plural form in English-speaking children.

Noun (2)

wug (plural wugs)

  1. In folk taxonomy, a creature with worm or insect features; colloquially, a bug or creepy-crawly.

Questions about wugs

What is wugs the plural of?
Wugs is the plural of wug.

Words near wugs in the dictionary

  1. Wugang
  2. Wuggers
  3. Wuggins
  4. wugim
  5. Wugong
  6. wugs
  7. Wugu
  8. wuh
  9. wuh luh wuh
  10. Wuhai
  11. Wuhan

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