"ambush bug" meaning in All languages combined

See ambush bug on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: ambush bugs [plural]
Etymology: After their habit of lying in wait, camouflaged, for their prey. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ambush bug (plural ambush bugs)
  1. Any insect in the subfamily Phymatinae of the family Reduviidae. Categories (lifeform): Assassin bugs
    Sense id: en-ambush_bug-en-noun-A8k8RiXM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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