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English Word Bufo Definition A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads.
English Word Bufonite Definition An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations; toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad.
English Word Bug Definition A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
English Word Bug Definition A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.
English Word Bug Definition An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (C. lectularius). See Bedbug.
English Word Bug Definition One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.
English Word Bug Definition One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
English Word Bugaboo Definition Alt. of Bugbear
English Word Bugbane Definition A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceae and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species.
English Word Bugbear Definition Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc.
English Word Bugbear Definition Same as Bugaboo.
English Word Bugbear Definition Causing needless fright.
English Word Bugbear Definition To alarm with idle phantoms.
English Word Bugfish Definition The menhaden.
English Word Bugger Definition One guilty of buggery or unnatural vice; a sodomite.
English Word Bugger Definition A wretch; -- sometimes used humorously or in playful disparagement.
English Word Buggery Definition Unnatural sexual intercourse; sodomy.
English Word Buggies Definition of Buggy
English Word Bugginess Definition The state of being infested with bugs.
English Word Buggy Definition Infested or abounding with bugs.