DYSDERCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dysdercus mean? 

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

1. a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYSDERCUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dysdercus; genus Dysdercus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Dysdercus"):

cotton stainer (a true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton)

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

family Pyrrhocoridae; Pyrrhocoridae (firebugs)