stinkbug
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Green stinkbug (Nezara viridula in Pentatomoidea)
See also: stink bug
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
stinkbug (plural stinkbugs)
- 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.
- (Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- brown marmorated stink bug
- man-faced stinkbug (Catacanthus incarnatus)
- southern green stink bug
- twice-stabbed stink bug
Translations
bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
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bug of the superfamily Coreoidea
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References
- “stinkbug”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “stink-bug”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Pentatomoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Coreoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Eleodes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
