Usually means: Insect larva, eats other insects.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word doodlebug:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. doodlebug: Merriam-Webster
  2. doodlebug: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. doodlebug: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. doodlebug: Collins English Dictionary
  5. doodlebug: Vocabulary.com
  6. Doodlebug, doodlebug: Wordnik
  7. doodlebug: Wiktionary
  8. doodlebug: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. doodlebug: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. doodlebug: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. doodlebug: Dictionary.com
  12. Doodlebug (film), Doodlebug (flying bomb), Doodlebug (rail car), Doodlebug: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. doodlebug: Rhymezone
  14. doodlebug: FreeDictionary.org
  15. doodlebug: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. doodlebug: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. doodlebug: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. doodlebug: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (informal, British) The V-1 flying bomb.
noun:  (historical, "doodlebug tractor") An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
noun:  (entomology) An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
noun:  (entomology, UK) A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
noun:  (entomology, regional) A woodlouse.
noun:  (informal) A term of endearment.
noun:  (informal) A slackard or time-waster.
noun:  (informal) An idiot.
noun:  (informal) Someone who draws constantly.
noun:  (informal) A divining rod or similarly intended device.
noun:  (obsolete) Individual self-propelled train cars.

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