bess-bug
noun
ˈbes-ˌbəg
variants or bessybug or less commonly bess beetle
ˈbe-sē-ˌbəg
: any of various gregarious flattened dark-colored beetles constituting a family (Passalidae) and living in decaying wood
Word History
Etymology
probably of imitative origin
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