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squash bug

–noun
a dark-brown bug, Anasa tristis, that sucks the sap from the leaves of squash, pumpkin, and other plants of the gourd family.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism
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squash bug  
n.  A blackish North American insect (Anasa tristis) that is destructive to squash, pumpkins, and other crops.
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