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Firebug

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incendiarynounCapable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.
arsonistnounOne who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.

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incendiarynounSomething capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.
arsonistnounOne who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.
redbugnounAny member of the family Pyrrhocoridae of true bugs.
pyrrhocoridnoun(entomology) Any member of the family Pyrrhocoridae.
pyrochroidnoun(zoology) Any beetle in the family Pyrochroidae.
firebratnounA thysanuran insect, Thermobia domestica.
harlequin bugnounA bright red and black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, a common pest of cabbages and related crops in North America
fire beetlenounA luminous click beetle, Pyrophorus noctilucus
lovebugnoun(informal) A person who is in love; a sweetheart.
vermilion flycatchernounPyrocephalus rubinus, a small, bright red passerine bird in the Tyrannidae family.
ambush bugnounAny insect in the subfamily Phymatinae of the family Reduviidae.
pythidnoun(zoology) Any beetle of the family Pythidae.
pill beetlenoun(entomology) A holarctic species of beetle in the family Byrrhidae.
rhaphidophoridannounAny insect (such as cave crickets) of the superfamily Rhaphidophoridae
feather-legged bugnounAny insect in the subfamily Holoptilinae of the family Reduviidae, many of which have legs covered with feathery hairs.
pyralisnounA moth of the genus Pyralis.
firebirdnoun(Slavic mythology) A magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor
hualapai tigernoun(Arizona) An assassin beetle, kissing bug, cone-nose bug, Texas bed bug (family Reduviidae)
reduviidnoun(entomology) any member of the Reduviidae family of insects, which comprises predatory and blood-sucking bugs, including the vectors of Chagas disease
cardinal beetlenounA bright-red-colored beetle, Pyrochroa serraticornis.

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