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billbug

noun bill·bug \ˈbil-ˌbəg\

Definition of BILLBUG

:  any of various weevils (as of the genus Sphenophorus) having larvae that eat the roots of cereal and other grasses
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Origin of BILLBUG

1bill + bug
First Known Use: 1861

Rhymes with BILLBUG

bear hug, bedbug, debug, earplug, firebug, fireplug, goldbug, humbug, june bug, lovebug, prayer rug, sea slug, smart drug, spark plug, stinkbug, throw rug, unplug, wall plug

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4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. billbug
  2. corn billbug
  3. maize billbug
  4. palmetto weevil
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