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Word entry · 8 letters

stinkbug

Best crossword clue

"Shield-shaped pest"

8 letters · collected on this word page

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Definitions

  1. A shield-shaped insect that releases a strong-smelling defensive fluid.

Word origin

From stink + bug.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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