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Redbug

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any member of the family Pyrrhocoridae of true bugs.

    "Atticus paused, watching me locate an elusive redbug on my leg. "Gentle breeding," he continued, when I had found and scratched it,...."

  2. 2
    larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation wordnet

Etymology

From red + bug.

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