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.

Origin of hemipterous

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

Words Nearby hemipterous

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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.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) | Various
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 Gosse
To the same order belongs the singular hemipterous insect of our ponds, the boat-fly (Notonecta).
Animal Parasites and Messmates | P. J. Van Beneden
A genus of hemipterous insects commonly seen skipping over ponds in England.
An Elementary Manual of New Zealand Entomology | G. V. Hudson
On a wall at Iggsund I found a nondescript hemipterous insect.
Lachesis Lapponica | Carl von Linn

British Dictionary definitions for hemipterous

hemipterous

hemipteran

/ (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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