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PYRRHOCORIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does Pyrrhocoridae mean?

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

1. firebugs

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

Dictionary entry details

• PYRRHOCORIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Pyrrhocoridae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Firebugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pyrrhocoridae; Pyrrhocoridae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Pyrrhocoridae"):

firebug (a true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain)

Dysdercus; genus Dysdercus (a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it)

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

Heteroptera; suborder Heteroptera (true bugs)

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