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Definition: CALICOBACK

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The calico bass.[Websters]
2. An hemipterous insect (Murgantia histrionica) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called also calico bug and harlequin cabbage bug.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Calicoback" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: CALICOBACK

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The calico bass.[Websters]
2. An hemipterous insect (Murgantia histrionica) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called also calico bug and harlequin cabbage bug.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "CALICOBACK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)