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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
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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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hemipterous1
First recorded in 1810–20; Hemipter(a) + -ous
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Example Sentences
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Eugereon is a remarkable Permian fossil, with jaws that are typically hemipterous except that the second maxillae are not fused and with cockroach-like wings.
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An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; Ã so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat.
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Scalpel′lum, one of the four filamentous organs in the proboscis of hemipterous insects:—pl.
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Stridūlan′tia, a group of hemipterous insects, the cicadas.—v.i.
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Rhinortha, rī-nor′tha, n. a genus of cuckoos: a genus of hemipterous insects.
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