Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US, dated, slang)A micropaleontologist, particularly a foraminiferologist.

Origin

From bug + -man.

From bug + -man.

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Forms

plural: bug-men
Singularbug-man
Pluralbug-men

irregular · Lesson

Word family

1 related words
Relatedoil bug

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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