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hemipterous

[ hi-mip-ter-uhs ]

adjective

  1. 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.
  2. belonging or pertaining to the order Hemiptera, in some classifications comprising the heteropterous and homopterous insects.


hemipterous

/ hɪˈmɪptərəs /

adjective

  1. 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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hemipterous1

First recorded in 1810–20; Hemipter(a) + -ous
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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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