"shield bug" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shield bugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shield bug (plural shield bugs)
  1. Any of various shield-shaped true bugs of the superfamily Pentatomoidea. Categories (lifeform): Pentatomoid bugs Synonyms: shieldbug Synonyms (true bug in Pentatomoidea): shield beetle [British], stinkbug Derived forms: giant shield bug (english: Tessaratomidae), hawthorn shield bug (taxonomic: Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale), juniper shield bug (alt: Cyphostethus tristriatus), birch shield bug (taxonomic: Elasmostethus interstinctus), pied shield bug (taxonomic: Tritomegas bicolor), green shield bug (taxonomic: Palomena prasina), gorse shield bug (alt: Piezodorus lituratus) Translations (a type of insect): schildwants [masculine] (Dutch), punaise des bois [feminine] (French), Baumwanze [feminine] (German), Stinkwanze [feminine] (German), 노린재 (norinjae) (Jeju), kirirākau (Maori), tarianbryf [masculine] (Welsh)

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