Pyrrhocoridae

noun

firebugs

• Syn: ↑family Pyrrhocoridae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Heteroptera, ↑suborder Heteroptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑firebug, ↑Dysdercus, ↑genus Dysdercus

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\\ˌpirəˈkȯrəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Pyrrhocoris, type genus (from pyrrh- + Greek koris bedbug) + -idae — more at coreidae

: a family of moderately large often brightly colored bugs comprising the firebugs, having four-jointed beak and antennae and no ocelli, and sucking the juices of plants — compare cotton stainer, dysdercus