Definition of "doodlebug" [doodlebug]

• Chiefly Southern U.S. See ant lion. (noun)
• Chiefly Southern U.S. See pill bug. (noun)
• Chiefly Southern U.S. See sow bug. (noun)
• Chiefly Southern U.S. A divining rod. (noun)

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• "In 1958, he and I worked ten days on and five days off for what was called a doodlebug outfit, or seismograph crew, laying out rubber cable and seismic jugs in bays and swamps all along the Louisiana-Texas coastline."
• "Olimar's Notes: While life-forms that excrete foul musks to warn of danger are not rare, the doodlebug is the only species known to release flatulence when active above ground."
• "But the rocket, known to the British as the "buzz bomb" or the "doodlebug," was also easily spotted and comparatively slow, making it vulnerable to antiaircraft fire and enemy fighters."