lygaeid bug

1. 1.

   a true bug: usually bright-colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees

   Synonymslygaeid

   Broaderhemipterous insect

   Narrowerchinch bug

   Part ofLygaeidae

Questions about lygaeid bug

What does lygaeid bug mean?

lygaeid bug means "a true bug: usually bright-colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees".

What is another word for lygaeid bug?

Close synonyms include lygaeid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lygaeid bug a common word?

lygaeid bug is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.