Meanings
nounstinkbug (plural stinkbugs)
plural stinkbugs · alternative stink bug · alternative stink-bug
- biologyAny of various insects of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"), in the suborder Heteroptera, principally in the superfamily Pentatomoidea or Coreoidea.
Every few years when Udonga montana, a bamboo-feeding stink bug, erupts in massive swarms, the people of the Mizo community in northern India don’t reach for pesticides. Instead, they look for baskets.
2025 November 21, Femi Ezhuthupallickal Benny, Thejavikho Chase, “‘We’ve been eating it for more than 100 years’: how one community turns stink bug infestations into lunch”, in The Guardian, →ISSN - SouthwesternUSA pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
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Catalan bernat pudent
- bernat pudentbug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Chinese Mandarin 椿象, 臭屁蟲 /臭屁虫
- 椿象 (chūnxiàng)bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
- 臭屁蟲 /臭屁虫 (chòupìchóng)bug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Danish bønnetæge
- bønnetægebug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Dutch schildwants, stinkwants
- schildwantsbug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
- stinkwantsbug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Finnish typpylude, pallelude
- typpyludebug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
- palleludebug of the superfamily Coreoidea
French punaise des bois, punaise verte
- punaise des boisbug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
- punaise vertebug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
- punaise fétidebug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
German Baumwanze, Stinkwanze
- Baumwanzebug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
- Stinkwanzebug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Hungarian poloska, mezei poloska
- poloskabug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
- mezei poloskabug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
- címeres poloskabug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
- vándorpoloskabug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
- büdös poloskabug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Italian cimice
- cimicebug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Japanese カメムシ
- カメムシbug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Māori kēkerengū
- kēkerengūbug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Norwegian bærfis
- bærfisbug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Polish tarczówka, wtyk
- tarczówkabug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
- wtykbug of the superfamily Coreoidea
Portuguese percevejo fedorento
- percevejo fedorentobug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Romanian ploșniță de câmp
- ploșniță de câmpbug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Spanish chinche apestoso, chinche hedionda
- chinche apestosobug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
- chinche hediondabug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Swedish bärfis
- bärfisbug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Tagalog atangya
- atangyabug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Turkish osurgan böceği
- osurgan böceğibug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Vietnamese bọ xít
- bọ xítbug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
Welsh pryf drewi, drewbryf
- pryf drewibug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
- drewbryfbug of the superfamily Pentatomoidea
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stinkbug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stinkbug
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“stinkbug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stinkbug. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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