noun
insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
• Syn: ↑hemipterous insect, ↑bug, ↑hemipteran
• Hypernyms: ↑insect
• Hyponyms:
↑leaf bug, ↑plant bug, ↑lygaeid, ↑lygaeid bug, ↑coreid bug, ↑coreid, ↑bedbug, ↑bed bug, ↑chinch, ↑Cimex lectularius, ↑backswimmer, ↑Notonecta undulata, ↑true bug
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hemiptera, ↑order Hemiptera
Useful english dictionary. 2012.