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Hemiptera
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Hemiptera has 1 sense
- hemiptera(n = noun.animal) order hemiptera - plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas); Array is a kind of animal order
is a member of class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta
CIDE DICTIONARY
Hemiptera, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. half + wing, fr. to fly.].
An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillæ), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others. [1913 Webster]
" 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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