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Lygaeidae

noun

lygaeid bugs

• Syn: ↑family Lygaeidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hemiptera, ↑order Hemiptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑lygaeid, ↑lygaeid bug, ↑Blissus, ↑genus Blissus

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\\līˈjēəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Lygaeus, type genus (from Greek lygaios shadowy) + -idae

: an extensive family of plant-sucking often brilliantly colored true bugs — see chinch bug

Useful english dictionary. 2012.