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GENUS LYGUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lygus mean?
• GENUS LYGUS (noun)
The noun GENUS LYGUS has 1 sense:
1. plant-sucking bugs
Familiarity information: GENUS LYGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant-sucking bugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Lygus; Lygus
Hypernyms ("genus Lygus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Lygus"):
lygus bug (vector of viral plant diseases)
Holonyms ("genus Lygus" is a member of...):
Capsidae; family Capsidae; family Miridae; Miridae (leaf bugs)
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