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billbug

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  1. billbug (noun)
  2. corn billbug (noun)
  3. maize billbug (noun)
  4. palmetto weevil (noun)

bill·bug

noun \ˈbil-ˌbəg\

Definition of BILLBUG

: any of various weevils (as of the genus Sphenophorus) having larvae that eat the roots of cereal and other grasses

Origin of BILLBUG

1bill + bug
First Known Use: 1861

Rhymes with BILLBUG

bear hug, bedbug, debug, earplug, firebug, fireplug, goldbug, humbug, june bug, lovebug, prayer rug, sea slug, smart drug, spark plug, stinkbug, throw rug, unplug, wall plug

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