earbug

Noun

1. Any of various agricultural pests of genus Leptocorisa that attack grain crops.
   • Effect of sowing date on earbug infestation in sorghum CSH - 5 at Hyderabad (1978) - 1982, A Decade of Dryland Agricultural Research in India, 1971-80, page 218:
   • earbug Leptocorisa oratorius (Fabricius) [Hem. Alydidae]. - 2000, Carl W. Schaefer, Antonio Ricardo Panizzi, Heteroptera of Economic Importance, page 334:
   • Rice head-earbug, Leptocorisa sp. (Hemiptera: Alydidae) - 2022, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Handbook on the integrated crop management of rice and paddy for farmer field schools in central...
2. A small, close-range receiver that fits in a person's ear, allowing them to hear transmissions, usually by an observer or advisor.
   • Yes, the earbug has helped me be more aware of clients. It also helped me know what to do in a situation when I did not know what to do. - 1993, Mary Sullivan Adamek, Audio-cueing and Immediate Feedback to Improve Group...
   • In the official version of the Parent/Child Game (the various stages of which are explained in detail on p. 271), the sessions take place in a video suite with a one-way screen equipped with an additional audio feedback...
   • The parent then plays with their child for a 10 minute session in another room, wearing an 'earbug', through which the therapist can speak to them, prompting and rewarding them for being child-centred rather than child...
3. Any of various fictional devices that a person can listen to when it is installed in their ear.
   • This cab couldn't transmit to his earbug. - 2001, Nalo Hopkinson, Midnight Robber:
   • With the earbug in, she could access data almost as quickly as with the implant. - 2010, Elizabeth Moon, Trading In Danger: Vatta's War:
   • Mitsuharu pressed a finger to his earbug, jumping channels until the hissing growl of the enemy flooded in, making him wince. - 2011, Thomas Harlan, Land of the Dead, page 349: