stinkbug en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From stink + bug.
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.
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Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"), in the suborder Heteroptera, principally in the superfamily Pentatomoidea or Coreoidea.
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.
2025 November 21, Femi Ezhuthupallickal Benny, Thejavikho Chase, “‘We’ve been eating it for more than 100 years’: how one community turns stink bug infestations into lunch”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- (Southwestern, US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stink-bug | alternative | lexicographic | |
| stink bug | alternative | lexicographic | |
| stinkbugs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
twice-stabbed stink bug · southern green stink bug · man-faced stinkbug · brown marmorated stink bug
Synonyms
chust bug · shieldbug · shield bug
Translations (38)
sh smr̀dljivī màrtin (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · ca bernat pudent (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · sh смрдибуба (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · es chinche apestoso (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · cmn 臭屁蟲 /臭屁虫 (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · nl schildwants (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · fr punaise verte (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · es chinche hedionda (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · da bønnetæge (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · ja カメムシ (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · fi pallelude (bug of the superfamily Coreoidea) · pt percevejo fedorento (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · pl wtyk (bug of the superfamily Coreoidea) · fi typpylude (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · vi bọ xít (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · pl tarczówka (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · tr osurgan böceği (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · hu poloska (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · hu mezei poloska (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · fr punaise des bois (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · sh smrdibuba (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · hu címeres poloska (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · tl atangya (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · hu büdös poloska (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · mi kēkerengū (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · it cimice (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · cmn 椿象 (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · hu vándorpoloska (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · cy pryf drewi (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · nl stinkwants (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · no bærfis (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · fr punaise fétide (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · cy drewbryf (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · de Stinkwanze (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · sh смр̀дљивӣ ма̀ртин (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · de Baumwanze (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · sv bärfis (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea) · ro ploșniță de câmp (bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea)