noun
firebugs
• Syn: ↑family Pyrrhocoridae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Heteroptera, ↑suborder Heteroptera
• Member Meronyms: ↑firebug, ↑Dysdercus, ↑genus Dysdercus
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\\ˌpirəˈkȯrəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Pyrrhocoris, type genus (from pyrrh- + Greek koris bedbug) + -idae — more at coreidae
: a family of moderately large often brightly colored bugs comprising the firebugs, having four-jointed beak and antennae and no ocelli, and sucking the juices of plants — compare cotton stainer, dysdercus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.