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    PLANT BUG

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juicesplay

    Synonyms:

    leaf bug; plant bug

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("plant bug" is a kind of...):

    bug; hemipteran; hemipteron; hemipterous insect (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plant bug"):

    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)

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