redbug en · NOUN
Etymology
From red + bug.
Meanings
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Any member of the family Pyrrhocoridae of true bugs.
Atticus paused, watching me locate an elusive redbug on my leg. "Gentle breeding," he continued, when I had found and scratched it,....
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 13, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redbugs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |