Usually means: Insect, often confused with Jerusalem.
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  1. potato bug: Merriam-Webster
  2. potato bug: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. potato bug: Collins English Dictionary
  4. potato bug: Vocabulary.com
  5. potato-bug: Wordnik
  6. potato bug: Wiktionary
  7. potato bug: Dictionary.com
  8. Potato bug: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Potato bug: Rhymezone
  10. potato bug: FreeDictionary.org
  11. potato bug: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. potato bug: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. potato bug: Encyclopedia

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  1. potato bug: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See potato_bugs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (potato bug)

noun:  The Jerusalem cricket, various insects of the genus Stenopelmatus.
noun:  The woodlouse, various terrestrial crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea.
noun:  Any of various insects that feed on or harm potato plants.
noun:  The striped blister beetle or old-fashioned potato bug (Epicauta vittata).
noun:  The Colorado beetle or Colorado potato bug (Leptinotarsa decemlineata).

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