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LEAF-FOOT BUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leaf-foot bug mean? 

LEAF-FOOT BUG (noun)
  The noun LEAF-FOOT BUG has 1 sense:

1. large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legsplay

  Familiarity information: LEAF-FOOT BUG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEAF-FOOT BUG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

leaf-foot bug; leaf-footed bug

Hypernyms ("leaf-foot bug" is a kind of...):

coreid; coreid bug (a true bug)

Holonyms ("leaf-foot bug" is a member of...):

genus Leptoglossus; Leptoglossus (leaf-footed bugs)


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