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LEAF BUG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices
Synonyms:
leaf bug; plant bug
Classified under:
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)