stinkbug

See also: stink bug

English

Green stinkbug (Nezara viridula in Pentatomoidea)

Alternative forms

• stink bug, stink-bug

Etymology

From stink +‎ bug.

Noun

stinkbug (plural stinkbugs)

1. Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes, which they use to discourage predators.
2. (entomology) Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"), in the suborder Heteroptera, principally in the superfamily Pentatomoidea or Coreoidea.
3. (Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.

Synonyms

• shield bug, shieldbug, chust bug

Derived terms

• brown marmorated stink bug
• man-faced stinkbug (Catacanthus incarnatus)
• southern green stink bug
• twice-stabbed stink bug

Translations

bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 椿象 (zh) (chūnxiàng) (formal), 臭屁蟲／臭屁虫 (chòupìchóng) (colloquial)

• Dutch: schildwants (nl) m, stinkwants m
• Finnish: typpylude (fi)
• French: punaise des bois f
• German: Baumwanze f, Stinkwanze f
• Hungarian: poloska (hu), mezei poloska, címeres poloska, vándorpoloska
• Japanese: カメムシ (ja)
• Maori: kēkerengū
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: смрдибуба, смр̀дљивӣ ма̀ртин

  Roman: smrdibuba (sh) (literally “stinkbug”), smr̀dljivī màrtin

• Spanish: chinche apestoso
• Swedish: bärfis c
• Tagalog: atangya
• Vietnamese: bọ xít
• Welsh: pryf drewi m, drewbryf m

bug of the superfamily Coreoidea

• Finnish: pallelude

References

• “stinkbug”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “stink-bug”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Pentatomoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Coreoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eleodes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies