ˈsharn-bug Obs. exc. dial.
Also shorn-.
[f. sharn + bug n.]
= prec.
| 1608 Topsell Serpents 180 The meat of Frogges..are greene Hearbes, and Humble-Bees, or shorne-bugs. 1668 Charleton Onomast. 46 Pilularius..the Dung-Beetle, or Shurn-bugg. 1887 Kent Gloss., Shorn bug, sharn bug, the stag beetle. |