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pue'-nos

Dictionary entry

pue'-nos • n • tumble bug

Lexicon record # 2737 | Source reference(s): R241 JE139
Semantic domain: bugs and insects

Other paradigm form

  • short form pue'n AF(AG2/23/2005)

Sentence examples (3)

  1. [Tee'neesho wee' kue pue'-nos?] Pue'-nos kwel weesh-tue' mehl he-gee' pue'-nos... 'ue-pue'-nek'.
    [What are pu'nos?] Tumblebugs are called stinkbugs because they break wind.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)