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Definition of Mirid
1. Noun. A variety of leaf bug.
Group relationships: Capsidae, Family Capsidae, Family Miridae, Miridae
Generic synonyms: Leaf Bug, Plant Bug
Specialized synonyms: Four-lined Leaf Bug, Four-lined Plant Bug, Poecilocapsus Lineatus, Lygus Bug
Definition of Mirid
1. Noun. (zoology) Any member of the insect family ''Miridae''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mirid
Literary usage of Mirid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Emperor Marcus Antoninus: His Conversation with Himself. Together with by Marcus Aurelius, André Dacier, Thomas Gataker, Cebes (1726)
"... of a Man is to improve his mirid* and govern his Manners ; this is minding
the main Chance. As for all father Projects and ..."
2. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... horses as far as they can go, and then trust to our own legs; so that there
is no danger." I did * Voyage dans 1'Amerique mirid par MA d'Orbigny. Part. ..."
3. Proceedings by National Speech Arts Association (1893)
"... the one from the Latin and of the other from the Greek, and of a possible
design by these words to express conceptions as they lie in the mirid of God. ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1875)
"By Paul Lacroix, author of "Arts of the mirid'e Ages," " Manners, Customs, and
Dress during the Middle Ages," etc. Illustrated with 21 chromolithographs and ..."
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