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stink bug
noun
- any of numerous broad, flat bugs of the family Pentatomidae, that emit a disagreeable odor.
- 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.
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It is even less concerned at being caught than is the skunk, or porcupine, or stink-bug.
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One of the bugs we know the best and like the least is the stink bug.
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