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Noun: squash bug  skwósh búg
  1. Large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family
    "Squash bugs can devastate a pumpkin patch in just a few weeks";
    - Anasa tristis

Derived forms: squash bugs

Type of: coreid, coreid bug

Part of: Anasa, genus Anasa

Encyclopedia: Squash bug