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FAMILY MIRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Miridae mean?
• FAMILY MIRIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY MIRIDAE has 1 sense:
1. leaf bugs
Familiarity information: FAMILY MIRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leaf bugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Capsidae; family Capsidae; family Miridae; Miridae
Hypernyms ("family Miridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Miridae"):
capsid; mirid; mirid bug (a variety of leaf bug)
genus Poecilocapsus; Poecilocapsus (a genus of Miridae)
genus Lygus; Lygus (plant-sucking bugs)
Holonyms ("family Miridae" is a member of...):
Hemiptera; order Hemiptera (plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas))
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