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FOUR-LINED PLANT BUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does four-lined plant bug mean?
• FOUR-LINED PLANT BUG (noun)
The noun FOUR-LINED PLANT BUG has 1 sense:
1. yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America
Familiarity information: FOUR-LINED PLANT BUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
four-lined leaf bug; four-lined plant bug; Poecilocapsus lineatus
Hypernyms ("four-lined plant bug" is a kind of...):
capsid; mirid; mirid bug (a variety of leaf bug)
Holonyms ("four-lined plant bug" is a member of...):
genus Poecilocapsus; Poecilocapsus (a genus of Miridae)
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