Dysdercus

noun

Dys·​der·​cus

də̇sˈdərkəs

: a genus of long-legged slender-bodied usually brightly colored bugs (family Pyrrhocoridae) that feed chiefly in the developing seed of cotton causing discoloration of the lint see cotton stainer

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably from Greek dysderkēs ugly, hard to see, from dys- + -derkēs (from derkesthai to see, flash)

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