noun
squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs
• Syn: ↑family Coreidae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hemiptera, ↑order Hemiptera
• Member Meronyms: ↑coreid bug, ↑coreid, ↑Anasa, ↑genus Anasa, ↑Leptoglossus, ↑genus Leptoglossus
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\\kəˈrēəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Coreus, type genus (from Greek koris bedbug) + -idae; akin to Greek keirein to cut — more at shear
: a large family of true bugs (order Hemiptera) comprising the squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs and including many that are injurious to cultivated plants
Useful english dictionary. 2012.