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adobe bug

noun

Definition of adobe bug

: a hemipterous insect pest (Haematosiphon inodora) of poultry in arid southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico

— called also coruco, Mexican chicken bug

First Known Use of adobe bug

1915, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for adobe bug

so called from its distribution in areas where adobe is common

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