noun
large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs
• Syn: ↑leaf-foot bug
• Hypernyms: ↑coreid bug, ↑coreid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Leptoglossus, ↑genus Leptoglossus
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noun also leaf-foot bug : a large sap-sucking bug of the genus Leptoglossus having leaflike expansions on its legs: as
a. : a bug (L. oppositus) injurious to cucumber, melon, and squash
b. : a bug (L. phyllopus) very injurious to orange, peach, pear, and other fruit
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/leef"foot'id/
any of numerous plant-sucking or predaceous bugs of the family Coreidae, typically having leaflike legs: several species are pests of food crops. Also called coreid bug.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.