firebug

English

A colony of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) on a tree stump

Wikispecies

Etymology

From fire +‎ bug.

Pronunciation

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Noun

firebug (plural firebugs)

1. Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.
2. (slang) a pyromaniac or arsonist.

Translations

Pyrrhocoris apterus

• Albanian: çimkë e shullanit f
• Bulgarian: светулка (bg) f (svetulka)
• Esperanto: ruĝa cimo
• Finnish: tulilude
• French: gendarme (fr) m, pyrrhocore (fr) m
• German: Feuerwanze f
• Greek: πυγολαμπίδα (el) f (pygolampída), (colloquial) κωλοφωτιά (el) f (kolofotiá)
• Polish: kowalik (pl) m, tramwajarz (pl) m
• Romanian: vaca-domnului f
• Russian: клоп-солдатик (ru) m (klop-soldatik)
• Spanish: chinche de la malva arbórea f

pyromaniac or arsonist

• Bulgarian: подпалвач m (podpalvač)
• French: pyromane (fr) m
• German: Feuerteufel (de) m
• Japanese: 放火魔 (hōkama)
• Spanish: pirómano (es) m