Definitions For Stinkbug
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) 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. (US Southwest) A pinacate beetle or {{vern, stink beetle}} (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.Synonyms
shield bug, shieldbug, {{vern, chust bug}}Translations
Dutch: schildwants, m Finnish: typpylude French: punaise, m Maori: kēkerengū Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: смрдибуба, смр̀дљивӣ ма̀ртин : Roman: smrdibuba, lit=stinkbug, smr̀dljivī màrtin Tagalog: atangya Vietnamese: bọ xít Finnish: palleludeAlternative forms
stink bug, stink-bugEtymology
stink + bugIs Stinkbug a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
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Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
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Scrabble Global
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
19
The word Stinkbug is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends