COTTON STAINER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cotton stainer" is a kind of...):

heteropterous insect (true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips)

Holonyms ("cotton stainer" is a member of...):

Dysdercus; genus Dysdercus (a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it)

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