mirid
mirid noun: any insect of the family Miridae, a plant bug.
Noun
mirid (plural mirids)
- Any insect of the family Miridae, a plant bug.
- Mirids continued to be underappreciated as predators even after several species had been used successfully in classical biological control in the 1920s and 1930s.2000, A. G. Wheeler, Jr., “Chapter 28: Predacious Plant Bugs (Miridae)”, in Carl W. Schaefer, Antonio Ricardo Panizzi, editors, Heteroptera of Economic Importance, page 657
- Interestingly, the reproductive consequences of hornworm and mirid attack are very different for the plant. While the plant metabolically responds very similarly to hornworm and mirid attack and gains resistance to hornworms, attack by mirids (in contrast to attack by hornworms) does not reduce the...2006, Marcel Dicke, Willem Takken, Chemical Ecology: From Gene to Ecosystem, page 29
Examples of mirid in a sentence
- Interestingly, the reproductive consequences of hornworm and mirid attack are very different for the plant.2006, Marcel Dicke, Willem Takken, Chemical Ecology: From Gene to Ecosystem, page 29:
- Green mirids may be present at any crop stage from seedlings to podding.2007, H. Brier, “7: Pulses—Summer (including Peanuts)”, in P. T. Bailey, editor, Pests of Field Crops and Pastures: Identification and...
Synonyms of mirid
Forms of mirid
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Origin of mirid
Borrowed from translingual Miridae.
Phrases with mirid
Questions about mirid
- What does mirid mean?
- Mirid means any insect of the family Miridae, a plant bug.
- How do you use mirid in a sentence?
- Interestingly, the reproductive consequences of hornworm and mirid attack are very different for the plant.
- What part of speech is mirid?
- Mirid is a noun.
- What is the plural of mirid?
- The plural of mirid is mirids.
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