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flower bug

noun

  1. any of several bugs of the family Anthocoridae that live on flowers and are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.

flower bug

noun

  1. any of a number of bugs of the family Cimicidae , related to the debris bugs but frequenting flowers and feeding on the small insects found there

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Origin of flower bug1

First recorded in 1885–90

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