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doodlebug
 
SYLLABICATION:doo·dle·bug
PRONUNCIATION:  ddl-bg
NOUN: Chiefly Southern U.S. 1. See ant lion (sense 2). 2. See pill bug. 3. See sow bug. 4. A divining rod.
ETYMOLOGY:Perhaps dialectal doodle, fool, simpleton (from Low German dudel-) + bug.
 
 
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