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noun
Any of various insects of the family Pyrrhocoridae whose feeding activities leave an indelible brownish-yellow stain on cotton crops.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: heteropterous insect
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