Library / English Dictionary

PYRRHOCORIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Firebugs

Synonyms:

family Pyrrhocoridae; Pyrrhocoridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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