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Meaning of "potato bug" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POTATO BUG

potato bug  [pəˈteɪtəʊ bʌɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POTATO BUG

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Potato bug is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POTATO BUG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Potato bug

Potato bug may refer to: ▪ Armadillidium vulgare, a species of woodlice commonly called "potato bug". ▪ Jerusalem cricket, an insect ▪ Potato Bug, a character in The Mr. Potato Head Show ▪ A style of mandolin with a body constructed of contrasting woods, resembling the striped markings of the Potato beetle...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POTATO BUG


antibug
ˌæntɪˈbʌɡ
bedbug
ˈbɛdˌbʌɡ
bug
bʌɡ
debug
diːˈbʌɡ
debugger
diːˈbʌɡ
doodlebug
ˈduːdəlˌbʌɡ
firebug
ˈfaɪəˌbʌɡ
goldbug
ˈɡəʊldˌbʌɡ
greenbug
ˈɡriːnˌbʌɡ
humbug
ˈhʌmˌbʌɡ
jitterbug
ˈdʒɪtəˌbʌɡ
ladybug
ˈleɪdɪbʌɡ
lovebug
ˈlʌvˌbʌɡ
mudbug
ˈmʌdˌbʌɡ
redbug
ˈrɛdˌbʌɡ
shutterbug
ˈʃʌtəˌbʌɡ
spittlebug
ˈspɪtəlˌbʌɡ
superbug
ˈsuːpəˌbʌɡ
tumblebug
ˈtʌmbəlˌbʌɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POTATO BUG

potassium nitrate
potassium permanganate
potassium sulphate
potassium-argon dating
potation
potato
potato beetle
potato blight
potato cake
potato chip
potato crisp
potato famine
potato flour
potato omelette
potato peeler
potato ring rot
potato salad
potato topping
potato-masher
potatory

WORDS THAT END LIKE POTATO BUG

assassin bug
chinch bug
flower bug
flu bug
June bug
kissing bug
lace bug
lightning bug
May bug
mealy bug
millennium bug
Moreton Bay bug
pill bug
shield bug
sow bug
squash bug
stink bug
tummy bug
water bug
wheel bug

Synonyms and antonyms of potato bug in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «potato bug» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POTATO BUG

Find out the translation of potato bug to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of potato bug from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «potato bug» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

土豆的bug
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bug patata
570 millions of speakers

English

potato bug
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आलू बग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

علة البطاطا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

картофель ошибка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

batata bug
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আলু বাগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bug de pommes de terre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pepijat kentang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kartoffelkäfer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジャガイモのバグ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감자 버그
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kentang bug
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lỗi khoai tây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உருளைக்கிழங்கு பிழை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बटाटा बग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Patates böceği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bug patata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

potato bug
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

картопля помилка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bug cartofi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bug πατάτας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aartappel fout
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

potatis bug
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

potet bug
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of potato bug

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POTATO BUG»

The term «potato bug» is normally little used and occupies the 130.339 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POTATO BUG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about potato bug

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTATO BUG»

Discover the use of potato bug in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to potato bug and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Mystifications of a Nation: "The Potato Bug" and Other ...
The Mystifications of a Nation, the first book-length translation of Macura’s work in English, offers essays deftly analyzing a variety of cultural phenomena that originate, Macura argues, in the “big bang” of the nineteenth-century ...
Vladimír Macura, Hana Píchová, Craig Cravens, 2010
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Documents of the Senate of the State of New York
Such symptoms are the most useful, not only generally, but more particularly in the sequelae of poisoning. Explanation of Figubes. Figure* 1 to 21 are representations of the True and Bogus. Colorado Potato-Bug. Fig. 1 and 15. True Colorado ...
New York (State). Legislature. Senate, 1869
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Transactions
... only generally, but more particularly in the sequelae of poisoning. Explanation of Figures. Figures 1 to 21 are representations of the True and Bogus Colorado Potato-Bug. Fig. 1 and 15. True Colorado Potato-Bug, slightly enlarged. 2 and 20.
Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York, 1869
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Annual Report
Finally the bogus Colorado potato bug is more peculiarly a southern species, occurring in the more southerly portion of Illinois, and in Missouri, Kentucky, Georgia, and probably Alabama, while the true Colorado potato bug is originally an ...
Ohio State Board of Agriculture, 1870
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Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture: With ...
Finally the bogus Colorado potato bug is more peculiarly a southern species, occurring in the more southerly portion of Illinois, and in Missouri, Kentucky, Georgia, and probably Alabama, while the true Colorado potato bug is originally an ...
Ohio State Board of Agriculture, 1870
6
The Practical Entomologist
15 Joint Worm, . . . . 10, 37 Lachnoster'na quercina ('Vhite Grub.) . . 60 Lema trilineuta (Potato Bug.) 105 Locust Borer, (Illustrated) . 28 Lytta atrata (Potato Bug. ) 3, 107 Lytta cinereu (Potato Bug.) . 3 Lytta m'tlata (Potato Bug.) 3, 107 Means of  ...
Ezra Townsend Cresson, Benjamin Dann Walsh, Augustus Radcliffe Grote, 1867
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Rootabaga Stories:
They entered the Potato Bug Country. And they hat luck first of all the first hour they were in the Potato Bug Country. They met 1 Potato Bug millionaire. “How are you a millionaire?” they asked him. “Because I got a million,” he answered.
Carl Sandburg, 2014
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The American Entomologist: An Illustrated Magazine of ...
"But,"' it will be asked, "how could any entomologists make the mistake of supposing that the Colorado Potato-bug had always existed in the Northwestern States?" The answer is, that, as was proved three years ago in the article already  ...
Benjamin Dann Walsh, Charles Valentine Riley, George Vasey, 1868
9
The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures ...
Cast: Frankie Avalon (Frankie/The Potato Bug), Annette Funicello (Dee Dee), Martha Hyer (Vivien Clements), Harvey Lembeck (Eric Von Zipper), Don Ricklcs ( Big Drag), John Ashley (Johnny), Jody McCrea (Deadhead), Candy Johnson ...
‎1997
10
Brethren of the Net: American Entomology, 1840-1880
Benjamin D. Walsh, "The New Potato Bug, and its Natural History," PE I (October 1865), 1-4, also reprinted in First Annual Report, MSB A (1865), 200-206; R. A. Casagrande, "The Colorado Potato Beetle: 125 Years of Mismanagement," Bull.,  ...
Willis Conner Sorensen, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTATO BUG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term potato bug is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mount Uniacke a treasure trove of activities for fun day trip
There are also farm implements such as a potato bug picker. If you have ever grown potatoes in any large amounts you would know how awful ... «Enfield Weekly Press, Jul 15»
2
From the Ground Up: Three-striped potato beetle new pest for …
Under a subject line of “New kind of potato bug . . . “ McKown wrote, “I do not remember anything like this in years past, but they (and the more ... «Daily Local News, Jun 15»
3
Planet Princeton Weekend Picks, April 24-26
A craft program for children, “Potato Bug,” will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on a walk-in basis. Cost for craft is $3. The Howell Farm is ... «Planet Princeton, Apr 15»
4
My Kid Ate a Bug: Should I Freak Out?
If it's clear that your child made an ant, worm, or roly-poly (aka potato bug) into a surprise snack, monitor the situation and chalk it up to them ... «Yahoo Parenting, Apr 15»
5
Cooking with coffee for Toronto's caffeine king: Fed
“There's a potato bug in Rwanda that's affected crops there.” He expects the price to keep going up. “This time next year, all of us are going to ... «Toronto Star, Apr 15»
6
Retro stays
Accommodations at Astoria's Sou'wester, in the Pacific Northwest, range from a Silver Streak and a Spartan Manor to a Potato Bug and an ... «Daily Xtra, Mar 15»
7
Beetle RNA makes crops a noxious meal
2:00pm, February 26, 2015. potato bug. FOUL FEAST Plants with potato beetle genes make a kind of RNA that attacks the bugs when they start munching. «Science News, Feb 15»
8
Prison Moan: DemoDemo (2014)
He's pummeling around the room like a rhino with its horn ripped out, rolling around on the ground like a radioactive potato bug, quite literally ... «Punknews.org, Jan 15»
9
Meet Cambridge University linguist Dr Bert Vaux - the Sherlock …
... where I grew up; then there's 'roly-poly', which is dominant in the south, 'pill bug' in the centre of the country, 'potato bug' in the western half, ... «Cambridge News, Jan 15»
10
Good things going on in Cambria's moistened earth
The Stenopelmatus, called “Jerusalem cricket” or “potato bug” is one their dining favorites. If a hen is lucky enough to find this delicacy, she ... «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Dec 14»

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