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Firebug

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.
  2. 2
    a true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain wordnet
  3. 3
    A pyromaniac or arsonist. slang

    "But the firebug allegedly ran back inside yelling before he finally took off."

  4. 4
    a criminal who illegally sets fire to property wordnet

Etymology

From fire + bug.

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