Definition of bug

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Bug (n.) A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc..

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Buggies :: Buggies (pl. ) of Bugg.
Regular :: Regular (a.) Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug..
Mormo :: Mormo (n.) A bugbear; false terror.
Bugle :: Bugle (n.) A horn used by hunters.
Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
Nest :: Nest (n.) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs..
Lepisma :: Lepisma (n.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug..
Vermin :: Vermin (n. sing. & pl.) A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc..
Water Bug :: Water bug () Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemipterous insects belonging to Belostoma, Benacus, Zaitha, and other genera of the family Belostomatidae. Their hind legs are long and fringed, and act like oars. Some of these insects are of great size, being among the largest existing Hemiptera. Many of them come out of the water and fly about at night..
Bugbear :: Bugbear (a.) Causing needless fright.
Sham :: Sham (n.) That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug..
Buggy :: Buggy (n.) A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and with or without a calash top..
Bedbug :: Bedbug (n.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix..
Hobgoblin :: Hobgoblin (n.) A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow..
Bloodybones :: Bloodybones (n.) A terrible bugbear.
Water Boatman :: Water boatman () A boat bug.
Mot :: Mot (n.) A note or brief strain on a bugle.
Bug :: Bug (n.) A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
Cimex :: Cimex (n.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See Bedbug.
Bete Noire :: Bete noire () Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.
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