giant mesquite bug

noun

Thasus neocalifornicus, an insect of the order Hemiptera, that feeds on mesquite trees of the American Southwest and Northwestern Mexico.

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Meanings

noungiant mesquite bug (plural giant mesquite bugs)

plural giant mesquite bugs

  1. Thasus neocalifornicus, an insect of the order Hemiptera, that feeds on mesquite trees of the American Southwest and Northwestern Mexico.
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