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In medieval England, the bugbear was depicted as a creepy bear that lurked in the woods to scare children. It was described in this manner in The Buggbears, [2] an adaptation, with additions, from Antonio Francesco Grazzini’s La Spiritata (‘The Possessed [Woman]’, 1561). [3] In a modern context, the term bugbear may also mean pet peeve. [4]
The word bogeyman, used to describe a monster in English, may have derived from Middle English bugge or bogge, which means 'frightening specter', 'terror', or 'scarecrow'. It relates to boggart, bugbear (from bug, meaning 'goblin' or 'scarecrow' and bear) an imaginary demon in the form of a bear that ate small children. It was also used to mean ...
[32] [33] The name water bear comes from the way they walk, reminiscent of a bear's gait. The name Tardigradum means 'slow walker' and was given by Lazzaro Spallanzani in 1776. [ 34 ] [ 9 ] In 1834, C.A.S. Schulze gave the first formal description of a tardigrade, Macrobiotus hufelandi , in a work subtitled "a new animal from the crustacean ...
Love Bug. Good-Looking. Sunshine. Darling. Hun. Bub. Cariño (Darling in Spanish) Amor (Love in Spanish) Mi Corazon (My Heart in Spanish) Sweet Thing. Sweet Stuff. Bear. Bunny. Honey Bear. Baby ...
Baby bear A rookie police officer. Bear A police officer. (See "Smokey" below) Bear bite/Invitation A speeding ticket. Bear cave/Bear's den A police station. Bear in the air A police officer in some form of aircraft (see "Eye in the sky"). Bear rolling discos A speeding police car with its lights flashing. Bear trap Radar or speed trap. Bear ...
The origins of the Nachtkrapp legends are still unknown, but a connection possibly exists to rook infestations in Central Europe. Already feared due to their black feathers and scavenging diet, the mass gatherings quickly became an existential threat to farmers and gave rooks and crows their place in folklore as all-devouring monsters.
The prosoma comprises the head, the mouthparts, and the somites that bear the legs and the pedipalps. It is covered by a carapace, also called a prosomal dorsal shield or peltidium, which is composed of three distinct elements called propeltidium, mesopeltidium and metapeltidium. The propeltidium contains the eyes, the chelicerae that, in most ...
The Middle English word bugge is the basis for the terms bugbear and bugaboo as terms used for a monster. [ 1 ] The term bug to describe a defect has been engineering jargon since at least as far back as the 1870s – long before electronic computers and computer software.