Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
tingitid .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the genus Tingis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Of or pertaining to the
genus Tingis ofsap -suckinginsects . - noun zoology Any of the
genus Tingis ofsap -suckinginsects .
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Examples
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The Toowoomba Pipeline Alliance excavated a greenhouse pad, erected a greenhouse and provided materials for students to construct nine cages to rear the tingid colonies before releasing them into infested areas.
Media Newswire 2010
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In partnership with Nanango State High School, the Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy and the DPI&F Alan Fletcher Research Station - biology students are rearing the leaf-sucking tingid bug, native to Brazil and Argentina, for release into the wild.
Media Newswire 2010
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