Definition of Pyrrhocoridae

1. Noun. Firebugs.

Exact synonyms: Family Pyrrhocoridae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Heteroptera, Suborder Heteroptera
Member holonyms: Firebug, Dysdercus, Genus Dysdercus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrrhocoridae

Pyridium
Pyrocephalus
Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus
Pyrola americana
Pyrola elliptica
Pyrola minor
Pyrola rotundifolia
Pyrola rotundifolia americana
Pyrola uniflora
Pyrolaceae
Pyrophorus
Pyrophorus noctiluca
Pyrrhic
Pyrrhic victories
Pyrrhic victory
Pyrrhocoridae (current term)
Pyrrhonian
Pyrrhonism
Pyrrhonisms
Pyrrhonist
Pyrrhonists
Pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhuloxia sinuata
Pyrrhus
Pyrrophyta
Pyrrosia
Pyrrosia lingua
Pyrularia
Pyrularia pubera

Literary usage of Pyrrhocoridae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1911)
"... to fall regularly into two clearly defined groups ranging from very simple to highly complex forms. In one of these groups in which the Pyrrhocoridae, ..."

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