conchuela

English

Etymology

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Noun

conchuela (plural conchuelas)

  1. Chlorochroa ligata, a stinkbug of Central America and North America.
    Synonym: conchuela bug
    • 1910, Austin Winfield Morrill, Plant-bugs Injurious to Cotton Bolls, page 41:
      The insect becomes freed from its old skin usually in the course of twenty or thirty minutes, although in one observation a conchuela in molting its fifth-instar skin required slightly over an hour.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈt͡ʃwela/ [kõnʲˈt͡ʃwe.la]
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: con‧chue‧la

Noun

conchuela f (plural conchuelas)

  1. ladybug
    Synonym: mariquita

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