Adelphocoris

noun

Ad·​el·​phoc·​o·​ris

ˌa-dᵊl-ˈfä-kə-rəs

: a widely distributed genus of rather small mirid bugs including a number of species destructive to economic plants (as the alfalfa plant bug)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from adelpho- + Greek koris bug

First Known Use

circa 1904, in the meaning defined above

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