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  • noun Plural form of shieldbug.

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Examples

  • However, there is another name for these shieldbugs and that is stink bugs, because they emit quite a foul smell when disturbed, and that is what I can smell now.

    Country diary: East Yorkshire 2011

  • Today I am searching for shieldbugs, and there they are sunning themselves on the wood woundwort.

    Country diary: East Yorkshire 2011

  • However, there is another name for these shieldbugs and that is stink bugs, because they emit quite a foul smell when disturbed, and that is what I can smell now.

    Country diary: East Yorkshire 2011

  • Today I am searching for shieldbugs, and there they are sunning themselves on the wood woundwort.

    Country diary: East Yorkshire 2011

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