doodlebug

doodlebugs

Definitions of doodlebug
  1. noun
    a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
    synonyms: V-1, buzz bomb, flying bomb, robot bomb
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    type of:
    guided missile
    a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
  2. noun
    a small motor vehicle
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    type of:
    automotive vehicle, motor vehicle
    a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails
  3. noun
    the larva of any of several insects
    synonyms: ant lion, antlion
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    type of:
    larva
    the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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