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flower bug

n.
Any of various heteropteran insects in the family Anthocoridae that feed on insects that infest flowers and other plant parts.
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flower bug

n
(Animals) any of a number of bugs of the family Cimicidae, related to the debris bugs but frequenting flowers and feeding on the small insects found there
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flow′er bug`


n.
any of several small speckled black bugs of the family Anthocoridae that feed on aphids and other plant pests.
[1885]
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