Definition of hemiptera Hemiptera
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We found 4 definitions of hemiptera from 4 different sources.
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What does hemiptera mean?
WordNet
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| hemiptera - plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas) | ||
| order Hemiptera | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species | ||
| hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, bug insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis | ||
| capsidae, family capsidae, family miridae, miridae leaf bugs | ||
| family tingidae, tingidae lace bugs | ||
| family lygaeidae, lygaeidae lygaeid bugs | ||
| coreidae, family coreidae squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs | ||
| cimicidae, family cimicidae wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects | ||
| family notonectidae, notonectidae aquatic carnivorous insects | ||
| heteroptera, suborder heteroptera true bugs | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hemiptera (n. pl.)
An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hemiptera
hem-ip′tėr-a, n. an order of Insecta, in the classification of Linnæus: in later systems, the same as Rhyncota, including aphides, coccus insects, cicadas, bugs, water-scorpions, lice (Ametabola).—n. Hemip′ter.—adjs. Hemip′teral, Hemip′teran, Hemip′terous. [Gr. hēmi-, half, pteron, a wing.]
Part of speech
🔤- hemiptera, noun, singular of hemipteras / hemipterae.
