Leaf Bug (Noun)
Meaning
Small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The gardener gently picked up the tiny leaf bug from the flower and set it free outside the greenhouse.
- A leaf bug with striking yellow and red markings landed on the tender shoot of the young plant.
- In the garden, the ladybug was busy devouring aphids and other pests, including the annoying leaf bug.
- Entomologists were studying the unusual migration patterns of a certain species of leaf bug.
- A cluster of leaf bugs gathered on the underside of a leaf, sucking out the sap with their piercing mouthparts.