plant bugn.

Brit.

/ˈplɑːnt bʌɡ/,

/ˈplant bʌɡ/, U.S.

/ˈplænt ˌbəɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plant n.¹, bug n.²

Etymology: < plant n.¹ + bug n.² Compare plant louse n.

Any hemipteran insect that infests and feeds on plants; esp. (a) a mirid; (b) an aphid. Cf. plant louse n.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > unspecified types > that feeds on plants

plant bug1763

plant louse1763

tree-bug1842

1763 R. Brookes Nat. Hist. Insects 73 The Chermes or Plant Bug, has the snout in its breast, the hinder part of the belly pointed, four wings placed on the sides, and feet proper for leaping.

1776 S. Ward Mod. Syst. Nat. Hist. XI. 138 Linnæus reckons up forty of the bug kind; but the principal are the common bug; the green and yellow bug; the plant bug; and the grass bug.

1856 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1855: Agric. 93 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (34th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 12) VI There are several insects of the ‘plant-bug’ species found both upon the young and the old bolls.

1864 H. Lawson tr. A. de Quatrefages Metamorph. Man & Lower Animals 128 The plant-bugs (Aphides) are insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, that is to say to the group which includes the Cicadidæ, Cimicidæ (bugs), &c.

1903 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 30 306 A few beetles and plant-bugs resort to the yellow globose flowers which cover the bush in April.

1974 W. Condry Woodlands iv. 54 Other plant-suckers are the plant bugs or capsids (Miridae).

1989 B. Stonehouse Polar Ecol. (BNC) 172 A high proportion of polar insects including caddis flies, stone flies, midges, simuliid black-flies and plant bugs are parthenogenetic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	plant bug
释义	plant bugn. Brit. /ˈplɑːnt bʌɡ/, /ˈplant bʌɡ/, U.S. /ˈplænt ˌbəɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plant n.¹, bug n.² Etymology: < plant n.¹ + bug n.² Compare plant louse n. Any hemipteran insect that infests and feeds on plants; esp. (a) a mirid; (b) an aphid. Cf. plant louse n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > unspecified types > that feeds on plants plant bug1763 plant louse1763 tree-bug1842 1763 R. Brookes Nat. Hist. Insects 73 The Chermes or Plant Bug, has the snout in its breast, the hinder part of the belly pointed, four wings placed on the sides, and feet proper for leaping. 1776 S. Ward Mod. Syst. Nat. Hist. XI. 138 Linnæus reckons up forty of the bug kind; but the principal are the common bug; the green and yellow bug; the plant bug; and the grass bug. 1856 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1855: Agric. 93 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (34th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 12) VI There are several insects of the ‘plant-bug’ species found both upon the young and the old bolls. 1864 H. Lawson tr. A. de Quatrefages Metamorph. Man & Lower Animals 128 The plant-bugs (Aphides) are insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, that is to say to the group which includes the Cicadidæ, Cimicidæ (bugs), &c. 1903 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 30 306 A few beetles and plant-bugs resort to the yellow globose flowers which cover the bush in April. 1974 W. Condry Woodlands iv. 54 Other plant-suckers are the plant bugs or capsids (Miridae). 1989 B. Stonehouse Polar Ecol. (BNC) 172 A high proportion of polar insects including caddis flies, stone flies, midges, simuliid black-flies and plant bugs are parthenogenetic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1763
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