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SQUASH BUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does squash bug mean?
• SQUASH BUG (noun)
The noun SQUASH BUG has 1 sense:
1. large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family
Familiarity information: SQUASH BUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anasa tristis; squash bug
Hypernyms ("squash bug" is a kind of...):
coreid; coreid bug (a true bug)
Holonyms ("squash bug" is a member of...):
Anasa; genus Anasa (squash bugs)
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