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Meaning of harlequin bug

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harlequin

Pronunciation:/ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn//ˈhɑɹlɪkwɪn/

noun

Definitions

  1. A pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered colorful clothes.

  2. A greenish-chartreuse color.

  3. A harlequin duck.

  4. Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.

verb

Definitions

  1. To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick.

  2. To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.

  2. Of a greenish-chartreuse color.