firebug

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English

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

Noun

firebug (plural firebugs)

1. a common red and black insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae.
2. (slang) a pyromaniac or arsonist.

Scientific names

• Pyrrhocoris apterus

Translations

common red and black insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae

Esperanto: ruĝa cimo (eo) French: gendarme (fr) German: Feuerwanze (de) f.

Greek: πυγολαμπίδα (el) (pygolampída) f., (colloquial) κωλοφωτιά (el) (kolofotiá) f.

pyromaniac or arsonist

German: Feuerteufel (de) m.