hemipterous

American  

[hi-mip-ter-uhs] / hɪˈmɪp tər əs /

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.

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hemipterous British  

/ 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)

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Etymology

Origin of hemipterous

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

Example Sentences

"Bedbug" is an intimate name for a small incredibly vicious insect of the hemipterous family Cimicidae.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scalpel′lum, one of the four filamentous organs in the proboscis of hemipterous insects:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Stridūlan′tia, a group of hemipterous insects, the cicadas.—v.i.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Galls are formed also by hemipterous and homopterous insects of the families Tingidae, Psyllidae, Coccidae and Aphidae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various