Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pea bug

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
pea bug
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several small beetles of the genus Bruchus which destroy pea plants; a pea weevil.

Colloquial

noun

A woodlouse (Oniscidea spp.).

Colloquial

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

pea bugs (plural) pea-bug (alternative) peabug (alternative)

Questions

What does pea bug mean?
Any of several small beetles of the genus Bruchus which destroy pea plants; a pea weevil.

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