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Definition of Stinkbugs
1. stinkbug [n] - See also: stinkbug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stinkbugs
Literary usage of Stinkbugs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1911)
"The families identified were stinkbugs, tree hoppers, and leaf hoppers. The 2
stomachs that contained Hemiptera alone were entirely filled with stinkbugs ..."
2. Injurious Insects: How to Recognize and Control Them by Walter Collins O'Kane (1912)
"Often ill smelling. Some species rather large. Pentatomidae, the stinkbugs.
The family includes both plant feeders and predaceous forms. ..."
3. Lost Crops of Africa: Volume Ii: Vegetables by National Research Council (U. S.) (2006)
"However, in the southern United States, it can be subject to Verticillium and
Fusarium wilts, and aphids, corn earworm, and stinkbugs can be major insect ..."
4. A Farmer's Primer on Growing Soybean on Riceland by R. K. Pandey (1987)
"At pod development stage Green soldier bug • Scientific name: Nezara
viridula (Linnaeus) • Damage: Young (nymphs) and adult stinkbugs ..."
5. Agronomy: A Course in Practical Gardening for High Schools by Willard Nelson Clute (1913)
"They F have an exceedingly disagreeable odor and ^ squash bug are commonly known
as " stinkbugs." The egg masses are conspicuous as large, shining brown ..."
6. The Romance of Savage Life: Describing the Life of Primitive Man, His by George Francis Scott Elliot (1908)
"Partake, O stinkbugs! Partake, O Caterpillars! Partake, O Greenfly! Partake, O Deer!
Partake all of you of the year's eldest born ! ..."
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