lace bug

lace bug
noun
small bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lines
Hypernyms: ↑leaf bug, ↑plant bug
Member Holonyms: ↑Tingidae, ↑family Tingidae

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noun
: any of the small bugs that constitute the large hemipterous family Tingidae, that have bodies and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lines, and that include many that suck plant juices and are serious pests

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any of several bugs of the family Tingidae, characterized by a lacy pattern of ridges on the head, thorax, and wings, and feeding on the leaves of oak, birch, sycamore, etc.
[1890-95]

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lace bug noun
A small insect that has a lacy pattern on its wings
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Main Entry:lace

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n. a small plant-eating bug that has a raised netlike pattern on the wings and upper surface. Family Tingidae, suborder Heteroptera: several genera

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