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LEAF-FOOT BUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leaf-foot bug mean?
• LEAF-FOOT BUG (noun)
The noun LEAF-FOOT BUG has 1 sense:
1. large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs
Familiarity information: LEAF-FOOT BUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
leaf-foot bug; leaf-footed bug
Hypernyms ("leaf-foot bug" is a kind of...):
coreid; coreid bug (a true bug)
Holonyms ("leaf-foot bug" is a member of...):
genus Leptoglossus; Leptoglossus (leaf-footed bugs)
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