noun
plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas)
• Syn: ↑order Hemiptera
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑Hexapoda, ↑class Hexapoda
• Member Meronyms:
↑hemipterous insect, ↑bug, ↑hemipteran, ↑hemipteron, ↑Miridae, ↑family Miridae, ↑Capsidae, ↑family Capsidae, ↑Tingidae, ↑family Tingidae, ↑Lygaeidae, ↑family Lygaeidae, ↑Coreidae, ↑family Coreidae, ↑Cimicidae, ↑family Cimicidae, ↑Notonectidae, ↑family Notonectidae, ↑Heteroptera, ↑suborder Heteroptera, ↑Homoptera, ↑suborder Homoptera
Useful english dictionary. 2012.