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: pallelude

Alternative forms

stink bug, stink-bug

Etymology

stink + bug

Is Stinkbug a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

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

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