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lygaeid

ly·gaeid

UK/lɪˈdʒiː.ɪd/ US/laɪˈɡeɪ.ɪd/ uncommon

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

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

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