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Meaning of "flower bug" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLOWER BUG

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLOWER BUG

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Flower bug is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLOWER BUG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

flower bug

Anthocoridae

The Anthocoridae are a family of bugs, commonly called minute pirate bugs or flower bugs.

Definition of flower bug in the English dictionary

The definition of flower bug in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLOWER BUG

flower
flower arrangement
flower arranging
flower children
flower garden
flower girl
flower head
flower people
flower power
flower seller
flower shop
flower show
flower-de-luce
flower-of-an-hour
flower-pecker
flowerage
flowerbed
flowered
flowerer
floweret

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLOWER BUG

assassin bug
chinch bug
flu bug
June bug
kissing bug
lace bug
lightning bug
May bug
mealy bug
millennium bug
Moreton Bay bug
pill bug
potato bug
river bug
shield bug
sow bug
squash bug
stink bug
tummy bug
water bug

Synonyms and antonyms of flower bug in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «flower bug» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLOWER BUG

Find out the translation of flower bug to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flower bug from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flower bug» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

花虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bug flor
570 millions of speakers

English

flower bug
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फूल बग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زهرة علة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

цветок ошибка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flor bug
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফুলের বাগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fleur bug
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bug bunga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blumen-Wanze
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

花のバグ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꽃 버그
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bug kembang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lỗi hoa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மலர் பிழை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लॉवर बग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çiçek böcek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fiore insetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kwiat bug
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

квітка помилка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bug floare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λουλούδι bug
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blom fout
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blomma bug
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blomst bug
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flower bug

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOWER BUG»

The term «flower bug» is used very little and occupies the 151.657 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOWER BUG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flower bug

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOWER BUG»

Discover the use of flower bug in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flower bug and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Texas Bug Book: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
... 62 control formula, 193 firebrat, 143 firefly, 65 fivespotted hawk moth, 169 flannel moth, 136 flatworms, 13 flea, 66 flea beetle, 69 flea control program, 67 flea hopper, 69 floating row cover, 189 flower bug, 115 flower fly, 86 fly black, 31 black ...
Howard Garrett, C. Malcolm Beck, 2005
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The American Entomologist
From the fact that the Insidious Flower-bug never occurs in large numbers in any particular location, although it is very generally to be met with on a great variety of plants, we have for several years back been inclined to suspect, that it is not a ...
3
Wisconsin's Natural Communities: How to Recognize Them, ...
Flea beetle, sumac Fleahopper, garden Flower beetle, ant-like Flower beetle, bumble bee Flower beetle, cloudy Flower beetle, hermit Flower beetle, metallic Flower beetle, pale Flower beetle, rough Flower beetle, tumbling Flower bug, ...
Randy Hoffman, 2002
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Annual Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects ...
46 — The Insidious Flower-bug and the Ash-gray Leaf-bug, 47 — The Flealike Negro-bug. 48 — Recapitulation, 49. Appendix to the akticle on* the Chinch Bit. 51 List of correspondents who replied to the circular. 51 — Questions answered by ...
Missouri. State Entomologist, Charles V. Riley, 1871
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Annual Report
This little Flower-bug has been usually referred by entomologists to the same extensive group (Lyoeus family) as the true Chinch Bug, though more recent authors have placed it in a distinct group on account of its short three-jointed beak.
Missouri. State Board of Agriculture, 1870
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Biology of the Plant Bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae): Pests, ...
... Lygus rugulipennis fern bug, Bryocoris pteridis fourlined plant bug, Poecilocapsus lineatus garden fleahopper, Halticus bractatus grape-vine flower bug see hop capsid (mirid) grass fleahopper, Halticus chrysolepis green mirid, Creontiades ...
‎2001
7
Thesaurus of Agricultural Organisms
... (gladiolus) (E) see Cochliobolus lunatus flower blight (mango) (E) see Glomerella cingulata flower bug, insidious (E) see Orius insidiosus flower bugs ( E) see Anthocoridae (Family) flower caterpillar (E) see Xanthodes graellsii flower chafer, ...
Derwent Publications, 1990
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Ninety-nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers
Orius insidiosus is also sometimes called the insidious flower bug since it is partial to sitting on flowers to await unsuspecting insect passersby. It's not especially particular as to where it sits; it's been recorded on over seventy-five crop plants, ...
May Berenbaum, 1993
9
Sugarbeet insects: how to control them
Damsel bugs resemble assassin bugs, but are much more slender. They are pale and gray, about three-eighths inch long. They also feed on many insects by sucking out the body fluids. Flower bug or pirate bug adults are about one- sixteenth ...
C. C. Blickenstaff, United States. Science and Education Administration, United States. Science and Education Administration. Federal Research, 1978
10
The Structure of Learning: From Sign Stimuli To Sign Language
Sometimes, pairs were repeated as in, CAT DOG CAT DOG, or BUG FLOWER BUG FLOWER. Sometimes, replies contained a string of related signs as when Washoe signed CAT BIRD DOG MAN for a picture of a kitten, or FLOWER TREE  ...
R. Allen Gardner, Beatrix Gardner, 2013

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOWER BUG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flower bug is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Love potion' kills bugs, protects Negev grapes
... “army” of predatory – and very hungry – insects, consisting of bugs like Orius laevigatus (commonly called insidious flower bug), the “Svirski,” ... «The Times of Israel, Oct 14»
2
Half-billion 'bug soldiers' to keep crops pest-free
... like Orius laevigatus, commonly called insidious flower bug; the “Svirski,” Amblyseius (Typhlodromips) swirskii, a polyphagous predatory mite ... «The Times of Israel, Sep 14»
3
The most beautiful insect in the world
If you've never seen a White Flower Bug (Flatida coccinea), you're in for a real treat, especially if you're one of the 38 percent that have a fear of ... «allvoices, Oct 13»
4
The heat is giving ladybirds a taste for human flesh
“I was bitten at the weekend by both a leafhopper and a flower bug – which is very unusual,” says Shardlow. “I could see them – they have this ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 13»
5
A Mother's Day card for insects
One good example is the insidious flower bug (Family Anthocoridae). This insect is a tiny but important predator of pests like thrips and ... «The Capital Journal, Apr 13»
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Garden Q&A: Thrips can cause discoloring and other problems for …
Minute pirate bugs such as the insidious flower bug (Orius insidiosus) are very effective predators of thrips in the flowers of many plant species. «Florida Times-Union, Sep 11»
7
Easy-to-grow cosmos plants bring color, butterflies
... bipinnatus attracts several predator insects, including lady beetles, lacewings and the (scary sounding, but very helpful) insidious flower bug. «San Francisco Chronicle, Jan 08»
8
Monro Brands come of age
Want to buy replacement canister of Growing Success' Shrub & Flower Bug Killer. Please say where, nearish to Kensington, London, I can do ... «DiyWeek.net, Aug 07»
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King of the roses / Tom Carruth has created more All-America roses …
"My dad thought that meant I'd be a florist," Carruth says, "but it didn't matter -- the flower bug had already bit hard." It bit so hard that when he ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jun 06»

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