Home › Words › E › earbugearbugearbug means any of various agricultural pests of genus Leptocorisa that attack grain crops.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, earbug ranks #23,627 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom ear + bug.nounAny of various agricultural pests of genus Leptocorisa that attack grain crops.e.g.“Effect of sowing date on earbug infestation in sorghum CSH - 5 at Hyderabad (1978)” — 1982, A Decade of Dryland Agricultural Research in India, 1971-80, page 218:A small, close-range receiver that fits in a person's ear, allowing them to hear transmissions, usually by an observer or advisor.e.g.“Yes, the earbug has helped me be more aware of clients. It also helped me know what to do in a situation when I did not know what to do.” — 1993, Mary Sullivan Adamek, Audio-cueing and Immediate Feedback to Improve Group Leadership Skills: A Live Supervision Model, page 99:Any of various fictional devices that a person can listen to when it is installed in their ear.e.g.“This cab couldn't transmit to his earbug.” — 2001, Nalo Hopkinson, Midnight Robber:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.greenbug 65% match — The wheat aphid (Schizaphis graminum). vs earbug →agriline 64% match — Any beetle of the subfamily Agrilinae. vs earbug →beetworm 63% match — A larva of a moth of species Spodoptera exigua, an armyworm which is a destructive agricultural pest vs earbug →billbug 61% match — weevil vs earbug →coreid 59% match — Any bug in the family Coreidae. vs earbug →earcockle 58% match — A disease of wheat and rye caused by a nematode of species Anguina tritici, in which the ears blacken and contract. vs earbug →bruchid 57% match — Any of the bean weevils in the family Bruchidae, now considered to be the chrysomelid subfamily Bruchinae. vs earbug →hornbug 57% match — Any of several species of genus Lucanus of large nocturnal beetles, with long, curved upper jaws resembling a sickle, and whose grubs are found in the trunks of old trees. vs earbug →