milkweed bug

noun

an insect, of the family Lygaeidae, that mostly feeds on the seeds and tissue of the milkweed plant (Asclepias).

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Meanings

nounmilkweed bug (plural milkweed bugs)

plural milkweed bugs

  1. USan insect, of the family Lygaeidae, that mostly feeds on the seeds and tissue of the milkweed plant (Asclepias).
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