he·mip·ter·an (h -mp t r-n)adj. Hemipterous. n. also he·mip·ter·on (-t -r n ) A hemipterous insect; a true bug. |
hemipteran [hɪˈmɪptərən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called hemipteron [hɪˈmɪptəˌrɒn] any hemipterous insect
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another word for hemipterous
[from hemi- + Greek pteron wing]
| hemipteran (h-mptr-n) Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera, having biting or sucking mouthparts and two pairs of wings. Hemipterans include the leafhoppers, treehoppers, cicadas, aphids, scales, and true bugs. |
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| Noun | 1. |  hemipteran - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosisinsect - small air-breathing arthropod Hemiptera, order Hemiptera - plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas) lygaeid, lygaeid bug - a true bug: usually bright-colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees coreid, coreid bug - a true bug bed bug, bedbug, chinch, Cimex lectularius - bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood backswimmer, Notonecta undulata - predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites true bug - any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera |
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