plant bugs, bedbugs, some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas) | insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis |
| general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate |
| a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use |
| a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly |
| a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine |