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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various plant-feeding insects of the genus Lygus, including certain species that are destructive to agricultural crops.

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  • noun vector of viral plant diseases

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin Lȳgus, genus name, from Greek lūgaios, murky, from lūgē, twilight.]

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