hemipterous
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.
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How to use hemipterous in a sentence
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.
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series | Philip Henry GosseTo the same order belongs the singular hemipterous insect of our ponds, the boat-fly (Notonecta).
Animal Parasites and Messmates | P. J. Van BenedenA genus of hemipterous insects commonly seen skipping over ponds in England.
An Elementary Manual of New Zealand Entomology | G. V. HudsonOn a wall at Iggsund I found a nondescript hemipterous insect.
Lachesis Lapponica | Carl von Linn
British Dictionary definitions for hemipterous
hemipteran
/ (hɪˈmɪptərəs) /
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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