Definitions
verb
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
“Is this hotel room bugged?”
noun
insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
noun
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
noun
a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
noun
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
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