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conchuela

conchuela noun: chlorochroa ligata, a stinkbug of Central America and North America.

Noun

conchuela (plural conchuelas)

  1. Chlorochroa ligata, a stinkbug of Central America and North America.
    • The insect becomes freed from its old skin usually in the course of twenty or thirty minutes, although in one observation a conchuela in molting its fifth-instar skin required slightly over an hour.1910, Austin Winfield Morrill, Plant-bugs Injurious to Cotton Bolls, page 41
    Synonyms:
    conchuela bug

Synonyms of conchuela

Forms of conchuela

pluralconchuelas

Phrases with conchuela

Questions about conchuela

What does conchuela mean?
Conchuela means chlorochroa ligata, a stinkbug of Central America and North America.
What part of speech is conchuela?
Conchuela is a noun.
What is the plural of conchuela?
The plural of conchuela is conchuelas.

Words near conchuela in the dictionary

  1. conchotome
  2. conchotomes
  3. conchotomies
  4. conchotomy
  5. conchs
  6. conchuela
  7. conchuela bug
  8. conchuela bugs
  9. conchuelas
  10. conchy
  11. conchylaceous

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