English Explanatory Dictionary

ebony bug

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of negro bug.

Word forms

ebony bug ebony bugs

Etymology

From the black colour; coined to avoid the racial associations of negro.

Synonyms

negro bug
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