leaf-foot bug

leaf-foot bug
noun
large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs
Syn: ↑leaf-footed bug
Hypernyms: ↑coreid bug, ↑coreid
Member Holonyms: ↑Leptoglossus, ↑genus Leptoglossus

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  • leaf-footed bug — noun large sap sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs • Syn: ↑leaf foot bug • Hypernyms: ↑coreid bug, ↑coreid • Member Holonyms: ↑Leptoglossus, ↑genus Leptoglossus * * * …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Leaf-footed — Leaf foot ed, a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs; said of certain insects; as, the leaf footed bug ({Leptoglossus phyllopus}). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • coreid bug — noun a true bug • Syn: ↑coreid • Hypernyms: ↑hemipterous insect, ↑bug, ↑hemipteran, ↑hemipteron • Hyponyms: ↑squash bug, ↑An …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Leptoglossus — noun leaf footed bugs • Syn: ↑genus Leptoglossus • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Coreidae, ↑family Coreidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Leptoglossus phyllopus — Leaf footed Leaf foot ed, a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs; said of certain insects; as, the leaf footed bug ({Leptoglossus phyllopus}). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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