stink bug
Americannoun
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any of numerous broad, flat bugs of the family Pentatomidae, that emit a disagreeable odor.
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any of various other malodorous bugs.
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Etymology
Origin of stink bug
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
Example Sentences
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As expected, the team detected brown marmorated stinkbug DNA in all water samples from the New Jersey orchard.
From Scientific American • Jul. 12, 2018
Other experts are less sanguine about the promise of environmental DNA for quelling the stinkbug plague.
From Scientific American • Jul. 12, 2018
Sometimes they were both unpleasant: a cow tongue, a stinkbug, liver, maggots.
From Time • Oct. 13, 2013
To cure the stinkbug feeling, the rear shock was shortened 5mm.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Who wanted to eat a lobster or a crab? Why not a stinkbug or an earwig?”
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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