COREIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Coreidae mean? 

• COREIDAE (noun)
  The noun COREIDAE has 1 sense:

1. squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs

  Familiarity information: COREIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COREIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Coreidae; family Coreidae

Hypernyms ("Coreidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Coreidae"):

coreid; coreid bug (a true bug)

Anasa; genus Anasa (squash bugs)

genus Leptoglossus; Leptoglossus (leaf-footed bugs)

Holonyms ("Coreidae" is a member of...):

Hemiptera; order Hemiptera (plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas))