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firebug
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun firebug has 2 senses
- firebug(n = noun.person) arsonist, incendiary - a criminal who illegally sets fire to property; Array has particulars: barnburner
- firebug(n = noun.animal) Array - a true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain; Array is a kind of heteropterous insect
is a kind of criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw
is a member of family pyrrhocoridae, pyrrhocoridae
CIDE DICTIONARY
firebug, n.
- a criminal who illegaly sets fire to property; an arsonist. [WordNet 1.5]
- a brightly colored type of true bug that can exude a stain. [WordNet 1.5]
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