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stink bug

noun

  1. any of numerous broad, flat bugs of the family Pentatomidae, that emit a disagreeable odor.
  2. any of various other malodorous bugs.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stink bug1

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

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Example Sentences

Most members of the bug order can eject a disagreeable liquid, though few of them do it so successfully as the stink bug.

It is even less concerned at being caught than is the skunk, or porcupine, or stink-bug.

One of the bugs we know the best and like the least is the stink bug.

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