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PYRRHOCORIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pyrrhocoridae mean?
• PYRRHOCORIDAE (noun)
The noun PYRRHOCORIDAE has 1 sense:
1. firebugs
Familiarity information: PYRRHOCORIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Firebugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Pyrrhocoridae; Pyrrhocoridae
Hypernyms ("Pyrrhocoridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Pyrrhocoridae"):
firebug (a true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain)
Dysdercus; genus Dysdercus (a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it)
Holonyms ("Pyrrhocoridae" is a member of...):
Heteroptera; suborder Heteroptera (true bugs)
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