noun
- a shield-shaped insect that releases a foul-smelling odor when disturbed or threatened
Examples
- The stinkbug crawled across the garden fence.
- When I accidentally stepped on the stinkbug, it released a terrible smell.
- Farmers consider stinkbugs to be agricultural pests.
- The brown marmorated stinkbug is an invasive species in North America.
- She found several stinkbugs clustered on her tomato plants.
- The stinkbug’s defensive odor kept predators away.