noun
a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it
• Syn: ↑genus Dysdercus
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pyrrhocoridae, ↑family Pyrrhocoridae
• Member Meronyms: ↑cotton stainer
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\\də̇sˈdərkəs\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Greek dysderkēs ugly, hard to see, from dys- + -derkēs (from derkesthai to see, flash)
: a genus of long-legged slender-bodied usually brightly colored bugs (family Pyrrhocoridae) that feed chiefly in the developing seed of cotton causing discoloration of the lint — see cotton stainer
Useful english dictionary. 2012.