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wekiu bugs

wekiu bugs is the plural of wekiu bug.

Meaning of wekiu bug

Noun

wekiu bug (plural wekiu bugs)

  1. An insect in either of two species in the family Lygaeidae, Nysius wekiucola (found on Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii) and Nysius wekiucola (found on the neighboring Mauna Loa), notable for living above the snow line at temperatures constantly below freezing, and for feeding on frozen insects (all other species in the family feed on plants).

Questions about wekiu bugs

What is wekiu bugs the plural of?
Wekiu bugs is the plural of wekiu bug.

Words near wekiu bugs in the dictionary

  1. wekau
  2. wekeen
  3. wekeens
  4. weki
  5. wekiu bug
  6. wekiu bugs
  7. wel
  8. Welaka
  9. welan
  10. Welaregang
  11. welaway

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