Definition of heteroptera Heteroptera
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What does heteroptera mean?
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| heteroptera - true bugs | ||
| suborder Heteroptera | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| hemiptera, order hemiptera plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas) | ||
| heteropterous insect true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips | ||
| belostomatidae, family belostomatidae water bugs | ||
| family nepidae, nepidae water scorpions | ||
| corixidae, family corixidae water bugs | ||
| family gerrididae, gerrididae, family gerridae, gerridae an arthropod family that includes water striders | ||
| family reduviidae, reduviidae assassin bugs | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- heteroptera (n. pl.)
A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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heteroptera
het-e-rop′te-ra, n.pl. a sub-order of Hemiptera.—adj. Heterop′terous. [Gr. heteros, other, pteron, a wing.]
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🔤- heteroptera, noun, singular of heteropteras / heteropterae.
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