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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 6 months ago (30 children)

Bug isn't even a technical term. Lobsters are considered bugs!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (10 children)

I'm sorry but you're simply incorrect.

Bug is a technical term. Only insects of order Hemiptera, categorized by the ability to fly and the presence of piercing, sucking mouth parts, are considered true bugs.

Lobsters are certainly not considered bugs.

[–] Squirrel 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Merriam-Webster, definition 1:

a: any of an order (Hemiptera and especially its suborder Heteroptera) of insects (such as an assassin bug or chinch bug) that have sucking mouthparts, forewings thickened at the base, and incomplete metamorphosis and are often economic pests

called also true bug

b: any of various small arthropods (such as a beetle or spider) resembling the true bugs

c: any of several insects (such as a head louse) commonly considered obnoxious

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