"moss bug" meaning in English

See moss bug in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: moss bugs [plural]
Etymology: From moss + bug. Etymology templates: {{com|en|moss|bug}} moss + bug Head templates: {{en-noun}} moss bug (plural moss bugs)
  1. Any bug of the suborder Coleorrhyncha, which feed on moss. Categories (lifeform): Hemipterans Synonyms: beetle bug Hypernyms: animal, arthropod, insect, paraneopteran
    Sense id: en-moss_bug-en-noun-tzhozjPU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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