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Definition of True bug
1. Noun. Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera.
Definition of True bug
1. Noun. Any of various insects of the order ''Hemiptera'' and in particular of the suborder ''Heteroptera'', that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of True Bug
Literary usage of True bug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions (1869)
"Larva of the true bug. 20 and 2. Pupa of the true bug. 21 and 6. Larva of the
Bogus Bug. Figures 22 to 41 are representations of th& Enemies of the True ..."
2. Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1870)
"Another true Bug, that has been repeatedly seen by Mr. Kiel, of Alton, ...
Another true Bug, still more elegantly marked than the preceding, the [Fig. 44. ..."
3. The American Entomologist edited by Benjamin Dann Walsh, Charles V Riley, George Vasey (1868)
"Another true Bug, that has been repeatedly seen by Mr. Riehl, of Alton, preying
upon the Colorado ... Another true Bug, still more elegantly marked eng. 44. ..."
4. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1869)
"This is a true " bug"—it being of a soft, leathery texture, dull in its colors,
slow in its motions, fetid in its smell, flattened in its form, ..."
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