flat bug

noun

any of numerous flattened bugs of the family Aradidae, inhabiting the underside of bark and feeding on fungi.

Origin of flat bug

¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Also called fungus bug.

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How to use flat bug in a sentence

Chinches are a sort of flat bug, which lurks in the bedsteads and bedding, and disturbs people's rest a nights.
The History of Virginia, in Four Parts | Robert Beverley

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