stinkbug

See also: stink bug

English

green stinkbug (Nezara viridula in Pentatomoidea

Alternative forms

• stink bug, stink-bug

Etymology

stink +‎ bug

Noun

stinkbug (plural stinkbugs)

1. Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes which they use to discourage predators.
2. (entomology) Any of various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder, principally in the superfamilies Pentatomoidea and Coreoidea.
3. (Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.

Synonyms

• shield bug, shieldbug, chust bug

Derived terms

• brown marmorated stink bug
• man-faced stinkbug (Catacanthus incarnatus)
• southern green stink bug
• twice-stabbed stink bug

Translations

bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea

• Dutch: schildwants (nl) m, stinkwants m
• Finnish: typpylude (fi)
• French: punaise des bois f
• German: Baumwanze f, Stinkwanze f
• Hungarian: poloska (hu), mezei poloska, címeres poloska, vándorpoloska
• Maori: kēkerengū
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: смрдибуба, смр̀дљивӣ ма̀ртин

  Roman: smrdibuba (sh) (literally “stinkbug”), smr̀dljivī màrtin

• Spanish: chince apestoso
• Swedish: bärfis c
• Tagalog: atangya
• Vietnamese: bọ xít
• Welsh: pryf drewi m, drewbryf m

bug of the superfamily Coreoidea

• Finnish: pallelude

References

• “stinkbug”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “stink-bug”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Pentatomoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Coreoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eleodes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies