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Doodlebug Eg Crossword Clue

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noun

• the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

31%7 Grown-up doodlebug
noun

• the larva of any of several insects

• winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants

31%3 Food for a doodlebug
noun

• social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

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New York Times27 May 2023 Down 41
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