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PLANT BUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plant bug mean? 

PLANT BUG (noun)
  The noun PLANT BUG has 1 sense:

1. small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juicesplay

  Familiarity information: PLANT BUG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLANT BUG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

leaf bug; plant bug

Hypernyms ("plant bug" is a kind of...):

bug; hemipteran; hemipteron; hemipterous insect (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plant bug"):

capsid; mirid; mirid bug (a variety of leaf bug)

lace bug (small bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lines)


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