What does squash bug mean?

squash bug means "large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family".

What is another word for squash bug?

Close synonyms include Anasa tristis. 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 squash bug a common word?

squash 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.

Squash bug — meaning and 1 synonym

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family
SynonymsAnasa tristis
Broadercoreid bug
Part ofAnasa

Questions about squash bug

What does squash bug mean?: squash bug means "large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family".
What is another word for squash bug?: Close synonyms include Anasa tristis. 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.

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