'calico bug' definitions:

Definition of 'calico bug'

From: GCIDE

Calicoback \Cal"i*co*back`\, n. (Zool.) (a) The calico bass. (b) An hemipterous insect (Murgantia histrionica) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called also calico bug and harlequin cabbage bug. [1913 Webster] Calicular