earbug

plural earbugs

1. Any of various agricultural pests of genus Leptocorisa that attack grain crops.

   Rice head-earbug, Leptocorisa sp. (Hemiptera: 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

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   Effect of sowing date on earbug infestation in sorghum CSH - 5 at Hyderabad (1978)

   1982, A Decade of Dryland Agricultural Research in India, 1971-80, page 218

   earbug Leptocorisa oratorius (Fabricius) [Hem. Alydidae].

   2000, Carl W. Schaefer, Antonio Ricardo Panizzi, Heteroptera of Economic Importance, page 334

2. A small, close-range receiver that fits in a person's ear, allowing them to hear transmissions, usually by an observer or advisor.

   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.

   1993, Mary Sullivan Adamek, Audio-cueing and Immediate Feedback to Improve Group Leadership Skills: A Live Supervision Model, page 99

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   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.

   2010, Sue Jenner, The Parent/Child Game

   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.

   2012, Christine Hooper, Margaret Thompson, Catherine Laver-Bradbury, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, page 419

3. literatureAny of various fictional devices that a person can listen to when it is installed in their ear.

   This cab couldn't transmit to his earbug.

   2001, Nalo Hopkinson, Midnight Robber

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   With the earbug in, she could access data almost as quickly as with the implant.

   2010, Elizabeth Moon, Trading In Danger: Vatta's War

   Mitsuharu pressed a finger to his earbug, jumping channels until the hissing growl of the enemy flooded in, making him wince.

   2011, Thomas Harlan, Land of the Dead, page 349

   The earbug nanomites in Tan-Tan's ear became infected during the dimensional shift.

   2014, Allan Weiss, The Canadian Fantastic in Focus