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stink·bug

 (stĭngk′bŭg′)
n.
Any of numerous hemipteran insects of the family Pentatomidae, having a broad, flattened body and emitting a strong odor from glands in the abdomen.
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stinkbug

(ˈstɪŋkˌbʌɡ)
n
another name for shield bug
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Andy Rash's Unstinky (9780439368803, $17.99) tells of a stinkbug who is happy with everything except constantly losing stinking contests.
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They were aware, for instance, that the citrus stinkbug, citrus leaf-miner, leaf-feeding caterpillars, and aphids could--and would--attack their lemon, orange, pomelo and tangerine trees.
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In parts of rural Zimbabwe and South Africa, the stinkbug Encosternum delegorguei is shaken out of trees, braised with salt and eaten as a spicy delicacy.
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