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LEAF BUG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juicesplay

Synonyms:

leaf bug; plant bug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("leaf bug" is a kind of...):

bug; hemipteran; hemipteron; hemipterous insect (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leaf bug"):

capsid; mirid; mirid bug (a variety of leaf bug)

lace bug (small bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lines)

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