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DYSDERCUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it
Synonyms:
Dysdercus; genus Dysdercus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dysdercus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Dysdercus"):
cotton stainer (a true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton)
Holonyms ("Dysdercus" is a member of...):
family Pyrrhocoridae; Pyrrhocoridae (firebugs)
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