Etymograph

English

hornbug

From horn + bug.

A compound of horn + bug

Middle English horn

English horn

Middle English bugge ‘scarecrow, hobgoblin’

English bug

Today it means

noun Any of several species of genus Lucanus of large nocturnal beetles, with long, curved upper jaws resembling a sickle, and whose grubs are found in the trunks of old trees.

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Etymograph / hornbug