noun
a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it
• Syn: ↑Dysdercus
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pyrrhocoridae, ↑family Pyrrhocoridae
• Member Meronyms: ↑cotton stainer
Useful english dictionary. 2012.