doo·dle·bug (d d l-b g )[Perhaps dialectal doodle, fool, simpleton; akin to Low German dudeldopp + bug.] |
doodlebug [ˈduːdəlˌbʌg]
n
1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) another name for the V-1
2. (Mining & Quarrying) a diviner's rod
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a US name for an antlion (the larva)
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US any of certain insect larvae that resemble the antlion
[probably from doodle + bug1]
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| Noun | 1. | doodlebug - a small motor vehicle automotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails |
| 2. |  doodlebug - a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bombguided missile - a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices | |
| 3. |  doodlebug - the larva of any of several insectsgenus Myrmeleon, Myrmeleon - type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose |
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