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doodlebug
/ˈduːdl̩ˌbʌɡ/
noun 5
Collocations
1VERB + DOODLEBUG
wrecked
Definitions
noun
1
The V-1 flying bomb.
Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.
2
An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
3
An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
4
A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
5
A woodlouse.
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.
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noun — the larva of any of several insects
- antlion
noun — a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
- v-1
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Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.
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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),
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