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  1. noun A true bug.
  2. noun An insect or similar organism, such as a centipede or an earwig. See Regional Note at lightning bug.
  3. noun A disease-producing microorganism: a flu bug.

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  • All the bugs were the same; there didn't seem to be any tocks. —  Demons Don't Dream
  • There were kutus--bugs which evidenced a liking for human diet. —  017 - The Thousand Headed Man
  • With a little dab of glue four bugs were afixed, heading in the same direction, to each of the four arms of the windmill arrangement. —  Prodigal genius - Tesla Biography
  • “What do you do about bugs in here All the insects here are genetically engineered to avoid human pheromones so I don't need...” Liz thought about the other kind of bugs, then shrugged her shoulders. —  Magazine - Analog Science Fiction And Fact - 2007 - Issue 03 - March (v1.0) [lit]
  • He assumed that anything he said or did in the hotel was being recorded for later perusal, but in fact Erno could not imagine why anyone would care what any of the residents of Calle Viernes did Most likely the bugs were the remnants of some jackleg enterprise that had failed. —  Asimov's SF, September 2006
 

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