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calicoback

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cal⋅i⋅co⋅back

  [kal-i-koh-bak]
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–noun
harlequin bug.
Origin:
1870–75, Americanism

harlequin bug

 
–noun
a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
Also called cabbage bug, calicoback, calico bug, harlequin cabbage bug.

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism
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cal·i·co·back   (kāl'ĭ-kō-bāk')   
n.  See harlequin bug.
harlequin bug  
n.  A flat-bodied, brightly colored stinkbug (Murgantia histrionica) that is destructive to cabbage and other cruciferous plants. Also called calicoback.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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