HyperDic: cotton_stainer

English > 1 sense of the expression cotton stainer:
NOUNanimalcotton stainera true bug
English > cotton stainer: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton.
Member ofDysdercus, genus DysdercusA genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it
Broaderheteropterous insecttrue bugs

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