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lygus bug

ly·gus bug [ lgəss bùg ] (plural ly·gus bugs)


noun 
Definition:
 
plant-eating insect: a plant-eating insect that is especially common in North America, where it is a pest of cotton and other crops. Genus Lygus.

[Via modern Latin< Greek lugos "chaste tree, withy"]
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