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mirids

mirids is the plural of mirid.

Meaning of mirid

Noun

mirid (plural mirids)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    capsid bug, grass bug, leaf bug, mirid bug, plant bug

Questions about mirids

What is mirids the plural of?
Mirids is the plural of mirid.

Words near mirids in the dictionary

  1. Miri
  2. Miriam
  3. mirid
  4. mirid bug
  5. mirid bugs
  6. mirids
  7. mirier
  8. miriest
  9. mirific
  10. mirifical
  11. mirifically

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