stinkbug

See also: stink bug

English

green stinkbug (Nezara viridula in Pentatomoidea

Alternative forms

stink bug, stink-bug

Etymology

stink +‎ bug

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) Any of various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder, principally in the superfamilies Pentatomoidea and Coreoidea.
(Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.

Synonyms

shield bug, shieldbug, chust bug

Derived terms

Translations

bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea

Chinese:
Mandarin: 椿象 (zh) (chūnxiàng) (formal), 臭屁蟲／臭屁虫 (chòupìchóng) (colloquial)
Dutch: schildwants (nl) m, stinkwants m
Finnish: typpylude (fi)
French: punaise des bois f
German: Baumwanze f, Stinkwanze f
Hungarian: poloska (hu), mezei poloska, címeres poloska, vándorpoloska
Japanese: カメムシ (ja)
Maori: kēkerengū
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: смрдибуба, смр̀дљивӣ ма̀ртин

Roman: smrdibuba (sh) (literally “stinkbug”), smr̀dljivī màrtin
Spanish: chince apestoso
Swedish: bärfis c
Tagalog: atangya
Vietnamese: bọ xít
Welsh: pryf drewi m, drewbryf m

bug of the superfamily Coreoidea

Finnish: pallelude

References

“stinkbug”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“stink-bug”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Pentatomoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Coreoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Eleodes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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