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lovebug definition

☆ love·bug (luv′bug′)

noun

a small, mostly black, dipterous fly (Plecia nearctica) of the SE U.S.: they swarm in large numbers in May and September, causing a nuisance to motorists

Etymology: so called from the fact that they swarm during the mating seasons

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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