HyperDic: lygaeid_bug

English > 1 sense of the expression lygaeid bug:
NOUNanimallygaeid bug, lygaeida true bug
English > lygaeid bug: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA true bug: usually bright-colored ; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees.
Synonymlygaeid
Member ofLygaeidae, family Lygaeidaelygaeid bugs
Narrowerchinch bug, Blissus leucopterussmall black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses
Broaderhemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteroninsects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base

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