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stilt bug
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noun
any of various slender, long-legged, brownish bugs of the family Berytidae, inhabiting dense vegetation: sometimes classified with the leaf-footed bugs.
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Origin of stilt bug
First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby stilt bug
still water, Still waters run deep, still wine, stilly, stilt, stilt bug, stilted, Stilton, stilt root, Stilwell, stilyaga
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