Coreidae

noun

squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs

• Syn: ↑family Coreidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hemiptera, ↑order Hemiptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑coreid bug, ↑coreid, ↑Anasa, ↑genus Anasa, ↑Leptoglossus, ↑genus Leptoglossus

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\\kəˈrēəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Coreus, type genus (from Greek koris bedbug) + -idae; akin to Greek keirein to cut — more at shear

: a large family of true bugs (order Hemiptera) comprising the squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs and including many that are injurious to cultivated plants