Anasa

noun

An·​a·​sa

ˈanəsə

: a genus of coreid bugs including the squash bugs

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from Sanskrit a- "not, un-" + nāsā "nose"

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

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