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FAMILY MIRIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Miridae mean?

• FAMILY MIRIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY MIRIDAE has 1 sense:

1. leaf bugs

Familiarity information: FAMILY MIRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY MIRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

family Miridae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Leaf bugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Capsidae; family Capsidae; family Miridae; Miridae

Hypernyms ("family Miridae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Miridae"):

capsid; mirid; mirid bug (a variety of leaf bug)

genus Poecilocapsus; Poecilocapsus (a genus of Miridae)

genus Lygus; Lygus (plant-sucking bugs)

Holonyms ("family Miridae" is a member of...):

Hemiptera; order Hemiptera (plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas))

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