Definition of hemipteron Hemipteron

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What does hemipteron mean?

Noun
hemipteron - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
		hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran
		insect 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)
		leaf bug, plant bug small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices
		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