Definition of hemipterous insect Hemipterous insect
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| hemipterous insect - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis | ||
| bug, hemipteran, hemipteron | ||
| 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 | ||
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hemipterous insect
Any of the suborder Heteroptera, having piercing and sucking mouthparts, specialized as a beak.\n(Source: CED)
