SQUASH BUG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family

Synonyms:

Anasa tristis; squash bug

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("squash bug" is a kind of...):

coreid; coreid bug (a true bug)

Holonyms ("squash bug" is a member of...):

Anasa; genus Anasa (squash bugs)

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