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Miridae

noun

leaf bugs

• Syn: ↑family Miridae, ↑Capsidae, ↑family Capsidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hemiptera, ↑order Hemiptera

• Member Meronyms:

↑mirid bug, ↑mirid, ↑capsid, ↑Poecilocapsus, ↑genus Poecilocapsus, ↑Lygus, ↑genus Lygus

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\\ˈmīrəˌdē, ˈmir-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Miris, type genus + -idae

: a large family of small often brightly colored leaf bugs (order Hemiptera) which feed chiefly on the juices of plants

Useful english dictionary. 2012.