FIREBUG

firebug

(noun) a true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain

arsonist, incendiary, firebug

(noun) a criminal who illegally sets fire to property

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

firebug (plural firebugs)

Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.

(slang) a pyromaniac or arsonist.

Source: Wiktionary



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28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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