Stinkbug
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stinkbug is a noun meaning (Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
Meaning
(Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
More Meanings
- Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes, which they use to discourage predators.
- (entomology) Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"), in the suborder Heteroptera, principally in the superfamily Pentatomoidea or Coreoidea.
Example Sentences
Every few years when Udonga montana, a bamboo-feeding stink bug, erupts in massive swarms, the people of the Mizo community in northern India don’t reach for pesticides. Instead, they look for baskets.
Word Forms
- stinkbugs
- stink bug
- stink-bug
Synonyms for stinkbug
Depending on context, synonyms include shieldbug.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stinkhorn, ozadene, aphidomorph, sting, aulophore, lygaeid.
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