redbug

English

Etymology

red +‎ bug

Noun

redbug (plural redbugs)

1. A particular kind of insect, a member of the family Pyrrhocoridae.
   • 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 13, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa., New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:

     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