firebug
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of firebug
Example Sentences
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Organizers have prepared a form and a mobile app to help people identify and report their firebug and lacewing sightings during this year’s two insect-counting events.
From Seattle Times
Outside, hundreds of bright red firebug beetles jockey for relief from the spring chill in a sliver of sunlight.
From BBC
They think I’m a thief and a firebug.
From Literature
Yeun skillfully captures the intriguing yet unnerving nature of a professed firebug.
From Washington Post
Some, like the radiantly red firebug, mutate aesthetically, their normally symmetrical designs warped and fractured.
From National Geographic
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