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FAMILY PYRRHOCORIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Firebugs
Synonyms:
family Pyrrhocoridae; Pyrrhocoridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Pyrrhocoridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Pyrrhocoridae"):
firebug (a true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain)
Dysdercus; genus Dysdercus (a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it)
Holonyms ("family Pyrrhocoridae" is a member of...):
Heteroptera; suborder Heteroptera (true bugs)
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