redbug

redbug

English

Etymology

red +‎ bug

Noun

redbug (plural redbugs)

1. A particular kind of insect, a member of the family Pyrrhocoridae.
   • 1960, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, chapter 13,

     Atticus paused, watching me locate an elusive redbug on my leg.

     "Gentle breeding," he continued, when I had found and scratched it,....

Anagrams

• Burdge, bedrug, budger