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COTTON STAINER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cotton stainer" is a kind of...):
heteropterous insect (true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips)
Holonyms ("cotton stainer" is a member of...):
Dysdercus; genus Dysdercus (a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it)
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