"Australian bug" meaning in English

See Australian bug in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Australian bugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Australian bug (plural Australian bugs)
  1. (South Africa) Icerya purchasi, the cottony cushion scale insect. Tags: South-Africa Categories (lifeform): Scale insects
    Sense id: en-Australian_bug-en-noun-tMgPUCdg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, South African English

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