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Doodlebug

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Noun

1. doodlebug

a small motor vehicle

2. buzz bomb, doodlebug, flying bomb, robot bomb, v-1

a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb

3. ant lion, antlion, doodlebug

the larva of any of several insects

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Doodlebug

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noun
1.  another name for the V-1
2. 
a diviner's rod
3.  a US name for antlion (sense 2)
4. US
any of certain insect larvae that resemble the antlion

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Doodlebug

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noun
1. 
the larva of certain ant lions
see also ant lion
2.  Informal
a divining rod or another similar device used in trying to locate something underground
3.  Informal
buzz bomb

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Doodlebug

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n.
1. Chiefly Southern US
a. An antlion larva.
b. See pillbug.
c. A divining rod.
2. Chiefly British See V-1.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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