- flower bug
- noun Date: circa 1889 any of various small mostly black-and-white predaceous bugs (family Anthocoridae) that frequent flowers and feed on pest insects (as aphids and thrips)
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flower bug
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flower bug — any of several bugs of the family Anthocoridae that live on flowers and are predaceous on aphids and other small insects. [1885 90] * * * ▪ insect also called minute pirate bug , or anthocorid bug, any of at least 400 species of small… … Universalium
flower bug — noun : any of various small mostly black and white predaceous bugs (family Anthocoridae) that frequent flowers and feed on pest insects (as aphids and thrips) * * * any of several bugs of the family Anthocoridae that live on flowers and are… … Useful english dictionary
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rose bug — Rose Rose, n. [AS. rose, L. rosa, probably akin to Gr. ?, Armor. vard, OPer. vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F. rose, from the Latin. Cf. {Copperas}, {Rhododendron}.] 1. A flower and shrub of any species of the genus {Rosa}, of which there… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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