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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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2001
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bug n. a concealed microphone or listening device or other audiosurveillance device.
v. install such means for audiosurveillance: the embassy had been bugged for several months.
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Bugs for real.(facts about bugs)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...insects by their mouthparts. Bugs suck. Really. A bug's mouthparts are shaped like...eat ants--but love to eat bugs. A bug that looks like an ant is a...that batch of eggs. LET'S BUG DAD Most male bugs have nothing to do with taking...
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 "Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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Bugs cause big stink in the Big Lick: Entomologists say Roanoke and Lynchburg seem to be hotbeds of stink bugs.
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA); 9/29/2007; 700+ words
; ...received more stink bug related calls this...For homeowners, the bugs are like in-laws...brown marmorated stink bug could be a big threat...fruit." Other stink bugs savor fruit too...the brown marmorated bug left natural enemies behind. For many stink bugs, an important natural...
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The bugs that aren't.(pill bugs)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 4/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...it isn't really a "bug" at all. All true bugs are very different animals...You can also watch pill bugs drink water. Place a pill bug or two in a shallow pan...many myths about pill bugs. Some thought that a pill bug in the house would bring...
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Bugs That Go Through Computer Screens
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/15/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...office. I picked up the bug by visiting Intelytics...During the test, the bug sent copies of two personal...are benign uses for Web bugs, too. Electronic tags...monitor and thwart Web bugs. The Privacy Foundation also is testing a Web-bug detection program (with...
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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Bugs give organic farms big problems.(Agriculture)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 11/18/2005; 700+ words
; ...appearance to box elder bugs, the brown marmorated stink bug has no known natural...plants, but a stink bug infestation could...control the stink bugs might harm biological...The Asian stink bug is active from late...Like box elder bugs and ladybird beetles...
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Bug Bites
Magazine article from: Ask; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...probably noticed, bugs are everywhere. One...three animals is a bug, and scientists estimate...on earth still eat bugs daily. Of the million or so types of bug that scientists have...Attitudes about bugs are already changing. Thanks to bug-appreciation programs...
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Bug hunter: follow a lifelong bug enthusiast as he journeys into the world of wacky insects.(LIFE INVERTEBRATES)(Randall Toby Schuh of American Museum of Natural History)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Science World; 11/14/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...categorize as a "true bug." Just as beetles...of insects, so do bugs. Says Schuh: "All...much trouble to study bugs? By knowing where high numbers of bug species reside, conservationists...characteristics. So grab a bug net, and Schuh will...journey. What are true bugs? Scientists ...
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Bugs: "a change in what the market expects." (interview with BugNet editor Bruce Brown)(Interview)
Newspaper article from: Soft-Letter; 5/26/1995; 700+ words
; ...unusually high number of bugs. But in both cases...effort to address their bug problems. As a result...well in the Fix/Bug Ratio Chart, even...numbers of reported bugs was high. "Novell...Intel Pentium hardware bug really was minor compared to many software bugs that users wrestle...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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BUG BLAST WILL GIVE FAMILIES PLENTY TO CHEW ON.(What's Happening)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 9/27/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...more likely to regard bugs with interest rather...loathing," he says. Bug Blast takes place...their spectacular bug collections. Visitors can handle live bugs, get their faces...Ant Cam. Make some bug-oriented crafts...spiders and other bugs under microscopes...
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Bugs can do far more than just annoy
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal; 7/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...little invaders feasting before you do. Who are these party crashers? Stink bugs Stink bugs are "true bugs" shaped somewhat like a warrior's shield. The stink bug is recognized easily by its distinct "aroma" used to fend off predators. Much...
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Bugs (Microphones) and Bug Detectors
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
Bugs (Microphones) and Bug Detectors A forensic investigation...with the development of bugs came technologies designed to detect the devices (bug detectors). Bug detectors...presence of recording bugs. A typical electronic bug consists of a microphone...
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True Bugs
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...A few species of bugs are vectors of important...popular usage, the word bug is often used to refer...and not only to true bugs. When used to refer...the Hemiptera, the bug part of the name should...mostly herbivorous bugs. Two common, attractive...the small milkweed bug ( Lygaeus ...
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water bug
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
water bug name for a large number of water-living bugs , comprising several families...There are several other water bug families. The term water bug is also sometimes applied...water beetles . True water bugs are classified in the phylum...
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bug
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
bug common name correctly...sometimes referred to as bugs, as are other insects...bugs ). Although bugs vary greatly in size...g., the squash bug and chinch bug...the assassin bug and backswimmer...stinkbug ). The true bugs are classified in...
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assassin bug
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
assassin bug common name for members...Heteroptera). Assassin bugs are generally brownish...prey. Most assassin bugs are found on foliage...venom produced by the bug, the effect of which...name, the kissing bug. In the Southwest assassin bugs of the genus Triatoma...
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