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Hemiptera

Hemiptera Meaning & Definition
Hemiptera Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hemiptera?

[n] plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g. aphids; plant lice; cicadas)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hemiptera: order Hemiptera

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hemiptera:

See Also | animal order | bug | Capsidae | Cimicidae | class Hexapoda | class Insecta | Coreidae | family Capsidae | family Cimicidae | family Coreidae | family Lygaeidae | family Miridae | family Notonectidae | family Tingidae | hemipteran | hemipteron | hemipterous insect | Heteroptera | Hexapoda | Homoptera | Insecta | Lygaeidae | Miridae | Notonectidae | suborder Heteroptera | suborder Homoptera | Tingidae

Hemiptera In Webster's Dictionary

\He*mip"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? half + ? wing, fr. ? to fly.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxill[ae]), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others. Note: They are divided into the Heteroptera, including the squash bug, soldier bug, bedbug, etc.; the Homoptera, including the cicadas, cuckoo spits, plant lice, scale insects, etc.; the Thysanoptera, including the thrips, and, according to most recent writers, the Pediculina or true lice.

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