ambush bug

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noun

any of several carnivorous bugs of the family Phymatidae, inhabiting tropical areas in the Americas and Asia, that lie concealed in flowers to prey on insects.

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How to use ambush bug in a sentence

They were the machine gun bullets coming from the ambush when my company got hit.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I was thinking about retiring from modeling, but spending that time with them rekindled that bug.
Porn Stars on the Year in Porn: Drone Erotica, Belle Knox, and Wild Sex|Aurora Snow|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But is bug protein really any better than traditional protein sources, like chicken, or your go-to protein powder?
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Read on to find out what you need to know before whipping up bug-infused banana bread.
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Underneath, a miniature version of the bug-crazy man is revealed, himself thwacking away in an alternate dimension.
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Some time after Bruce went north, he proceeded to Douglasdale again78 and placed an ambush near his ancestral castle.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Douglas now broke ambush and cut off Webton from the castle, eventually slaying him and all his men.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
He planted an ambush in the early morning, and let the hay lie till the peel men had gone out to cut their crop.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
The men stood around bug-eyed and stared incredulously—all but High-Pockets.
Nine Men in Time|Noel Miller Loomis
At Dantzig, with his own hand, he killed a Russian sergeant who had caught a French cavalry colonel in an ambush.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison