cotton stainer

cotton stainer

n. Any of various small, flat, red and black insects of the genus Dysdercus that pierce cotton bolls and stain the fibers.

cotton stainer

n (Animals) any of various heteropterous insects of the genus Dysdercus: serious pests of cotton, piercing and staining the cotton bolls: family Pyrrhocoridae

cot′ton stain`er

n. any of several large red and black bugs of the genus Dysdercus that puncture oranges and cotton bolls and discolor cotton fiber. [1855–60, Amer.]

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cotton stainer - a true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cottonheteropterous insect - true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tipsDysdercus, genus Dysdercus - a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it