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hemipterous
[ hi-mip-ter-uhs ]
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
- belonging or pertaining to the order Hemiptera, in some classifications comprising the heteropterous and homopterous insects.
hemipterous
/ hɪˈmɪptərəs /
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Hemiptera, a large order of insects having sucking or piercing mouthparts specialized as a beak (rostrum). The group is divided into the suborders Homoptera (aphids, cicadas, etc) and Heteroptera (water bugs, bedbugs, etc)
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Rhinortha, rī-nor′tha, n. a genus of cuckoos: a genus of hemipterous insects.
Among other things, she speaks of a large hemipterous fly, which has in consequence of her reports been named Fulgora lanternaria.
To the same order belongs the singular hemipterous insect of our ponds, the boat-fly (Notonecta).
A genus of Hemipterous insects commonly seen skipping over ponds in England.
On a wall at Iggsund I found a nondescript hemipterous insect.
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