Useful english dictionary. 2012.
lygaeid bug — ▪ insect any of a group of insects in the true bug order, Heteroptera, that includes many important crop pests. There are between 3,000 and 5,000 species of lygaeid bugs, which vary from brown to brightly patterned with red, white, or black… … Universalium
lygaeid — noun a true bug: usually bright colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees • Syn: ↑lygaeid bug • Hypernyms: ↑hemipterous insect, ↑bug, ↑hemipteran, ↑hemipteron • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lygaeid — /luy jee id, luy jee id/, n. 1. Also called lygaeid bug, lygus bug /luy geuhs/. any of numerous, often brightly marked bugs of the family Lygaeidae, which feed on the juices of plants in both the larval and adult stages and are important pests of … Universalium
chinch bug — noun small black and white insect that feeds on cereal grasses • Syn: ↑Blissus leucopterus • Hypernyms: ↑lygaeid, ↑lygaeid bug • Member Holonyms: ↑Blissus, ↑genus Blissus * * * … Useful english dictionary
plant bug — any of numerous, often brightly colored hemipterous insects of the family Miridae that feed on the juices of plants. Also called capsid, leaf bug. [1855 60, Amer.] * * * ▪ insect any member of two families of the insect order Heteroptera.… … Universalium
chinch bug — a small lygaeid bug, Blissus leucopterus, that feeds on corn, wheat, and other grains. [1775 85, Amer.] * * * ▪ insect (Blissus leucopterus), important grain and corn pest belonging to the insect family Lygaeidae (order Heteroptera). Though a… … Universalium
chinch bug — chinch′ bug n. ent a small lygaeid bug, Blissus leucopterus, that feeds on corn, wheat, and other grains • Etymology: 1775–85, amer … From formal English to slang
big-eyed bug — noun : a lygaeid bug; especially : any of certain bugs of the genus Geocoris that suck the juices from and destroy large numbers of leafhoppers … Useful english dictionary
rutherglen bug — ˈrəthə(r)ˌglen noun Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: from Rutherglen, Scotland : a common Australian lygaeid bug (Nysius vinitor) that attacks many plants (as citrus, peach, plum, potato, and grapes) … Useful english dictionary
milkweed bug — noun : a bug feeding on milkweed; especially : a large black red marked bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) now cultured widely as a research organism * * * any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the… … Useful english dictionary
