earbug

English edit

Etymology edit

ear +‎ bug

Noun edit

earbug (plural earbugs)

Any of various agricultural pests of genus Leptocorisa that attack grain crops.
- 1982, A Decade of Dryland Agricultural Research in India, 1971-80, page 218:
  Effect of sowing date on earbug infestation in sorghum CSH - 5 at Hyderabad (1978)
- 2000, Carl W. Schaefer, ‎ Antonio Ricardo Panizzi, Heteroptera of Economic Importance, page 334:
  earbug Leptocorisa oratorius (Fabricius) [Hem. Alydidae].
- 2022, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Handbook on the integrated crop management of rice and paddy for farmer field schools in central dry zone of Myanmar, page 11:
  Rice head-earbug, Leptocorisa sp. (Hemiptera: Alydidae)
A small, close-range receiver that fits in a person's ear, allowing them to hear transmissions, usually by an observer or advisor.
- 1993, Mary Sullivan Adamek, Audio-cueing and Immediate Feedback to Improve Group Leadership Skills: A Live Supervision Model, page 99:
  Yes, the earbug has helped me be more aware of clients. It also helped me know what to do in a situation when I did not know what to do.
- 2010, Sue Jenner, The Parent/Child Game:
  In the official version of the Parent/Child Game (the various stages of which are explained in detail on p. 271), the sessions take place in a video suite with a one-way screen equipped with an additional audio feedback loop which allows the parent to hear me via an earbug.
- 2012, Christine Hooper, ‎Margaret Thompson, ‎Catherine Laver-Bradbury, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, page 419:
  The parent then plays with their child for a 10 minute session in another room, wearing an 'earbug', through which the therapist can speak to them, prompting and rewarding them for being child-centred rather than child directive towards their child.
(science fiction) Any of various fictional devices that a person can listen to when it is installed in their ear.
- 2001, Nalo Hopkinson, Midnight Robber:
  This cab couldn't transmit to his earbug.
- 2010, Elizabeth Moon, Trading In Danger: Vatta's War:
  With the earbug in, she could access data almost as quickly as with the implant.
- 2011, Thomas Harlan, Land of the Dead, page 349:
  Mitsuharu pressed a finger to his earbug, jumping channels until the hissing growl of the enemy flooded in, making him wince.
- 2014, Allan Weiss, The Canadian Fantastic in Focus:
  The earbug nanomites in Tan-Tan's ear became infected during the dimensional shift.