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Earwig Eg Crossword Clue

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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• small air-breathing arthropod

• a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

98%3Exact Match!
noun

• general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

• a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

• a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly

• insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

• a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

verb

• annoy persistently

• tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

36%9 Common name for an earwig
noun

• a small motor vehicle

• a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb

• the larva of any of several insects

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New York Times02 Feb 1986 Down 42
New York Times06 Mar 1978 Down 7
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