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direwolf20yesterday at 1:43 PM1 replyview on HN

I don't think there's a precise scientific definition of "bug"


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peaseageeyesterday at 3:54 PM

Yes and no. There's a group called "true bugs" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiptera as linked above). "Bug" in the common sense doesn't have a precise definition (small arthropod that may or may not be a pest to humans is about as precise as I feel I can get), but there _is_ a scientific definition of "true bug".

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