stinkbug

Definitions

noun Any of numerous hemipteran insects of the family Pentatomidae, having a broad, flattened body and emitting a strong odor from glands in the abdomen.

noun Insects, usually shield-shaped, that possess a gland that produces a foul smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes which they use to discourage predators.
noun entomology A common name applied to various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder, principally in the superfamilies Pentatomoidea and Coreoidea.
noun A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.

stink +‎ bug

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"That must be our stinkbug, right there," Jumbo said.

Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Aggie Zivaljevic's 'Where Is My Boy?' Zoe Triska 2011
"That must be our stinkbug, right there," Jumbo said.

Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Aggie Zivaljevic's 'Where Is My Boy?' Zoe Triska 2011
Just chucked a stinkin stinkbug right into this mess!

And the awards for 'Best Snow Comments' go to... Ann Posegate 2011
Walking downwind of them one evening, we could smell them, an acrid stinkbug stink, like nail polish remover and armpit.

The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
Parasitic flies, for example, were brought in to keep down a species of stinkbug.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
Parasitic flies, for example, were brought in to keep down a species of stinkbug.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
Parasitic flies, for example, were brought in to keep down a species of stinkbug.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
But it also stinks to be taken advantage of; and I love that the stinkbug puts his foot down and remembers, "it never hurts to raise a little stink every now and then."

Archive 2006-05-01 2006
The Plot: A "lazy old lion" escapes the zoo; the lion yawns and out climbs a lazy old lion tamer; under the lion tamer's hat is a lazy old circus mouse; and in the mouse's ear is a teeny tiny stinkbug.

Archive 2006-05-01 2006
"But the stinkbug ... although he was extremely good-natured, he was definitely nobody's fool."

Archive 2006-05-01 2006