NOUN | animal | lygaeid bug, lygaeid | a true bug |
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Meaning | A true bug: usually bright-colored ; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees. | |
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Synonym | lygaeid | |
Member of | Lygaeidae, family Lygaeidae | lygaeid bugs |
Narrower | chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus | small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses |
Broader | hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteron | insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base |
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