hemiptera

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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

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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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