doodlebug
(-bug′)☆
noun
- the larva of certain ant lions
- Informal a divining rod or another similar device used in trying to locate something underground
- Informal buzz bomb
Origin:
doodle + bug
See doodlebug in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun Chiefly Southern U.S. - See ant lion.
- See pill bug.
- See sow bug.
- A divining rod.
Origin:
Origin: Perhaps dialectal doodle, fool, simpleton
Origin: ; akin to Low German dudeldopp
Origin: + bug
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