💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Mealbug"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| mealy bugnoun | Alternative spelling of mealybug. [Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, which secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.] |
| stink bugnoun | Alternative spelling of stinkbug. [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.] |
| cabbagewormnoun | Alternative form of cabbage worm. [Any of various lepidopterans whose larvae feed on cabbages and other cole crops.] |
| leaf-wormnoun | Alternative spelling of leafworm. [Any caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.] |
| ladybeetlenoun | Alternative form of lady beetle. [Synonym of ladybird.] |
| cottonwormnoun | Alternative form of cotton worm. [A moth (Alabama argillacea) that is a pest of cotton plants] |
| wooly wormnoun | Alternative spelling of woolly worm. [The larva of a moth of the family Arctiidae.] |
| cuddlebugnoun | Alternative form of cuddle bug. [(informal) A cuddly person or animal.] |
| army-wormnoun | Alternative form of armyworm. [The larva of any of the genera Spodoptera and Mythimna of noctuid moths, which typically feed in large, destructive groups on food crops and grasses.] |
| whealwormnoun | Alternative form of wheal-worm. [(archaic) Any of various insects or arachnids the bites of which produce raised sores.] |
| army wormnoun | Alternative form of armyworm. [The larva of any of the genera Spodoptera and Mythimna of noctuid moths, which typically feed in large, destructive groups on food crops and grasses.] |
| fleabeetlenoun | Alternative form of flea beetle. [Any of the small jumping beetles of tribe Alticini of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae.] |
| book-wormnoun | Alternative form of bookworm. [Any of various insects that infest books.] |
| dustmitenoun | Alternative form of dust mite. [A microscopically small mite, of the Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, or Dermatophagoides farinae species.] |
| bed-bugnoun | Alternative form of bedbug. [A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep.] |
| lady-bugnoun | Alternative spelling of ladybug. [(Canada, US) Synonym of ladybird.] |
| scare-bugnoun | Alternative form of scarebug. [(obsolete) A bugbear; an imaginary monster to frighten children.] |
| apple-beenoun | Alternative form of apple bee. [(southwest England) A wasp.] |
| book wormnoun | (rare, perhaps archaic) Alternative form of bookworm. [Any of various insects that infest books.] |
| doodle-bugnoun | Alternative spelling of doodlebug. [(informal, British) The V-1 flying bomb.] |
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