English > hemipterous insect: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis. |
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| Synonyms | bug, hemipteran, hemipteron |
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| Member of | Hemiptera, order Hemiptera | plant bugs |
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| Narrower | backswimmer, Notonecta undulata | predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites |
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| bedbug, bed bug, chinch, Cimex lectularius | bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood |
| coreid bug, coreid | A true bug |
| leaf bug, plant bug | small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices |
| lygaeid, lygaeid bug | A true bug |
| true bug | Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera |
| Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
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| Spanish | chinche, hemíptero, hemipteron |
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| Catalan | hemípter, hemipteron |
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