stinkbug
See also: stink bug
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]stinkbug (plural stinkbugs)
- Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes, which they use to discourage predators.
- (entomology) Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"), in the suborder Heteroptera, principally in the superfamily Pentatomoidea or Coreoidea.
- (Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- brown marmorated stink bug
- man-faced stinkbug (Catacanthus incarnatus)
- southern green stink bug
- twice-stabbed stink bug
Translations
[edit]bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
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bug of the superfamily Coreoidea
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References
[edit]- “stinkbug”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “stink-bug”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Pentatomoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Coreoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Eleodes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies