Definitions
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- noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Coreidae .
Etymologies
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Created by Fabricius in 1794, possibly based on Ancient Greek κόρις (koris, "bedbug")
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Examples
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She writes: "The eggs of the Coreus have been very abundant on our squash and melon vines, but fully ninety per cent. of them thus far [August 2] have been parasitized -- the only thing that has saved the plants from utter destruction."
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various
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Coreus, were by one wife, whose name was Alibama; but of the rest,
Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709
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a similar experience with a species of the Proctotrupid genus Telenomus, infesting the eggs of the notorious squash-bug (_Coreus tristis_).
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various
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