MIRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Miridae mean? 

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

1. leaf bugs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leaf bugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Capsidae; family Capsidae; family Miridae; Miridae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Miridae"):

capsid; mirid; mirid bug (a variety of leaf bug)

genus Poecilocapsus; Poecilocapsus (a genus of Miridae)

genus Lygus; Lygus (plant-sucking bugs)

Holonyms ("Miridae" 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))