plant bug

/plænt bəg/
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Other forms: plant bugs

Definitions of plant bug
  1. noun
    small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices
    synonyms: leaf bug
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    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
    Poecilocapsus lineatus, four-lined leaf bug, four-lined plant bug
    yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America
    lygus bug
    vector of viral plant diseases
    type of:
    bug, hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect
    insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
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