feather-legged bug

noun

Any insect in the subfamily Holoptilinae of the family Reduviidae, many of which have legs covered with feathery hairs.

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Meanings

nounfeather-legged bug (plural feather-legged bugs)

plural feather-legged bugs

  1. Any insect in the subfamily Holoptilinae of the family Reduviidae, many of which have legs covered with feathery hairs.
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Chicago

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