flybug (flibug)

A winged bug or heteropterous insect, Reduvius person at us, of the family Reduviid a, which preys upon the bedbug. fly-cap (fli'kap), n. A cap or head-dre formerly worn by elderly women, formed like two crescents conjoined, and, by means of wire, made to stand out from the cushion on which the hair was dre ed. Its name seems to come from the resemblance of its sides to wings. fly-case (flikās), n. The case or covering of an insect; specifically, the anterior wings of beetles, so hardened as to cover the whole upper part of the body, concealing the second pair of wings; the elytra. See cut under Coleoptera. fly-caster (fliʼkás"tèr), n. An angler who casts flies, or uses a fly-rod; a fly-fisher. fly-casting (fli'kasting), n. and a. I. n. The act or art of casting the fly in angling. II. a . Casting the fly, as in angling; pertaining to fly-fishing in general: as, a fly - casting tournament.