doodlebug

See also: doodle-bug

English

Doodlebug (def. 3), an antlion larva

Etymology

doodle +‎ bug

Noun

doodlebug (plural doodlebugs)

1. (informal, UK) The V-1 flying bomb.
   • 2009, Robert McCrum, The masterpiece that killed George Orwell:

     Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.

2. (historical, "doodlebug tractor") An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
3. (entomology) An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
4. (entomology, UK) A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
5. (entomology, regional) A woodlouse.
   • 2018 June 25, “Pillbugs”, in Niles Biological, Inc.‎^[1]:

     Common names for woodlice vary throughout the English-speaking world. They include roly-poly, pill bug (usually applied only to the genus Armadillidium), sow bug, doodle bug, carpenter (Newfoundland), […] cheesybug (Kent), and cheeselog.

6. (informal) A term of endearment.
7. (informal) A slackard or time-waster.
8. (informal) An idiot.
9. (informal) Someone who draws constantly.
10. (informal) A divining rod or similarly intended device.
11. (obsolete) Individual self-propelled train cars.

Translations

antlion larva

• Czech: mravkolev (cs) m
• Kazakh: құмырсқа арыстаны (qūmyrsqa arystany)
• Polish: mrówkolew (pl) m
• Swedish: myrlejon n

doodlebug tractor

• Swedish: EPA-traktor c, A-traktor (sv) c