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bug

noun as in bacterium, microorganism

Strong match

noun as in insect

Strongest matches

Strong matches

noun as in obsession

noun as in computer glitch

verb as in bother, disturb

verb as in listen to without permission

Strongest match

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Tom Hibbert advises us to "be good to ladybirds as they are both beautiful and the gardeners' friend, keeping numbers of plant sucking bugs like aphids in check as they are voracious carnivores."

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Her statement quoted from extreme racist language which Norris was recorded expressing by a police bug the year after Stephen was murdered.

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The chimp she later named David Graybeard had been using the stalk to fish for the bugs.

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They include allegations of bugging homes, phone-hacking and dishonestly gathering medical and financial information.

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The firm hadn't been hit by the bug, he says.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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