stinkbug
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stinkbug
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noun stinkbugs · stink bug · stink-bug
- 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.
- Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"), in the suborder Heteroptera, principally in the superfamily Pentatomoidea or Coreoidea. Every few years when Udonga montana, a bamboo-feeding stink bug, erupts in massive swarms, the people of the Mizo community in northern India don’t reach for pesticides. Instead, they look for baskets.
- A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
Similar: shield bug, shieldbug, chust bug
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noun
Similar: shield bug, shieldbug, chust bug
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noun bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
| Español | chinche apestoso, chinche hedionda |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | カメムシ |
| 中文 | 椿象 chūnxiàng, 臭屁蟲 /臭屁虫 chòupìchóng |
| Português | percevejo fedorento |
| Français | punaise des bois, punaise verte, punaise fétide |
| Deutsch | Baumwanze, Stinkwanze |
| Italiano | cimice |
| Română | ploșniță de câmp |
| Tiếng Việt | bọ xít |
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