bug

1. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate (synset 102239007)
   is a type of: insect - small air-breathing arthropod
2. A fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine (synset 114488259)
   is a type of: defect, fault, flaw - an imperfection in an object or machine
   same as: glitch
3. A small hidden microphone;
   For listening secretly (synset 102915786)
   is a type of: mic, microphone, mike - device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
4. Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base;
   Usually show incomplete metamorphosis (synset 102239548)
   is a type of: insect - small air-breathing arthropod
   subtypes:

   • leaf bug, plant bug - small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices
   • lygaeid, lygaeid bug - a true bug: usually bright-colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees
   • coreid, coreid bug - a true bug
   • bed bug, bedbug, chinch, cimex lectularius - bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
   • backswimmer, notonecta undulata - predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites
   • true bug - any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera
   belongs to: hemiptera, order hemiptera - plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas)
   same as: hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect
5. A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium);
   The term is not in technical use (synset 101387132)
   is a type of: micro-organism, microorganism - any organism of microscopic size
   same as: germ, microbe

1. Annoy persistently (synset 201807344)
   "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
   is a type of: bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment - treat cruelly
   same as: badger, beleaguer, pester, tease
2. Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information (synset 202193294)
   "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"
   is a type of: eavesdrop, listen in - listen without the speaker's knowledge
   same as: intercept, tap, wiretap

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