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leaf bug — noun small bright colored insect that feeds on plant juices • Syn: ↑plant bug • Hypernyms: ↑hemipterous insect, ↑bug, ↑hemipteran, ↑hemipteron • Hyponyms: ↑mirid bug, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
leaf bug. — See plant bug … Useful english dictionary
four-lined leaf bug — noun yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America • Syn: ↑four lined plant bug, ↑Poecilocapsus lineatus • Hypernyms: ↑mirid bug, ↑mirid, ↑capsid • Member Holonyms … Useful english dictionary
Bug — /bug/; Pol., Russ. /boohk/, n. 1. a river in E central Europe, rising in W Ukraine and forming part of the boundary between Poland and Ukraine, flowing NW to the Vistula River in Poland. 450 mi. (725 km) long. 2. a river in SW Ukraine flowing SE… … Universalium
Leaf-footed — Leaf foot ed, a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs; said of certain insects; as, the leaf footed bug ({Leptoglossus phyllopus}). [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
leaf-footed bug — noun large sap sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs • Syn: ↑leaf foot bug • Hypernyms: ↑coreid bug, ↑coreid • Member Holonyms: ↑Leptoglossus, ↑genus Leptoglossus * * * … Useful english dictionary
leaf-foot bug — noun large sap sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs • Syn: ↑leaf footed bug • Hypernyms: ↑coreid bug, ↑coreid • Member Holonyms: ↑Leptoglossus, ↑genus Leptoglossus * * * … Useful english dictionary
bug — bug1 /bug/, n., v., bugged, bugging. n. 1. Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect. 2. (loosely) any insect or insectlike invertebrate. 3. Informal. any microorganism, esp. a virus: He was laid up for a week by an… … Universalium
leaf — leafless, adj. leaflike, adj. /leef/, n., pl. leaves /leevz/, v. n. 1. one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant. 2. any similar or corresponding lateral outgrowth of a stem. 3. a petal: a rose leaf. 4. leaves… … Universalium
Leaf — /leef/, n. Munro /mun roh /, 1905 76, U.S. author and illustrator of books for children. * * * I Any flattened, green outgrowth from the stem of a vascular plant. Leaves manufacture oxygen and glucose, which nourishes and sustains both plants and … Universalium
