What does "mirid" mean?

Any insect of the family Miridae, a plant bug.

What is a synonym for "mirid"?

Common synonyms include: mirid bug, mirid bug, capsid, capsid bug, grass bug, leaf bug.

Mirid

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Definitions

Noun

1
Any insect of the family Miridae, a plant bug.
"Mirids continued to be underappreciated as predators even after several species had been used successfully in classical biological control in the 1920s and 1930s."
2
a variety of leaf bug wordnet

Synonyms

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mirid bug mirid bug capsid capsid bug grass bug leaf bug

Example

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"Mirids continued to be underappreciated as predators even after several species had been used successfully in classical biological control in the 1920s and 1930s."

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Miridae.

Related phrases

plant bug

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