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flat bug

American  

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of flat bug

First recorded in 1890–95

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Chinches are a sort of flat bug, which lurks in the bedsteads and bedding, and disturbs people's rest a nights.

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