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lygaeid

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /lɪˈdʒiː.ɪd/
  • US: /laɪˈɡeɪ.ɪd/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any plant bug in the family Lygaeidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a true bug: usually bright-colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lygaeid bug

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteron

Narrower terms: chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus

History

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Lygaeidae, from the type genus, translingual Lygaeus, borrowed from Ancient Greek λῡγαῖος (lūgaîos, “dark, gloomy”).