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COREID

Dictionary entry overview: What does coreid mean?

• COREID (noun)
The noun COREID has 1 sense:

1. a true bug

Familiarity information: COREID used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COREID (noun)

Sense 1

coreid ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A true bug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

coreid; coreid bug

Hypernyms ("coreid" is a kind of...):

bug; hemipteran; hemipteron; hemipterous insect (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coreid"):

Anasa tristis; squash bug (large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family)

leaf-foot bug; leaf-footed bug (large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs)

Holonyms ("coreid" is a member of...):

Coreidae; family Coreidae (squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs)

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