HyperDic: order_hemiptera

English > 1 sense of the expression order Hemiptera:
NOUNanimalorder Hemiptera, Hemipteraplant bugs
English > order Hemiptera: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningplant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas).
SynonymHemiptera
Member ofInsecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapodainsects
MembersCimicidae, family Cimicidaewingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects
Coreidae, family Coreidaesquash bugs and leaf-footed bugs
Heteroptera, suborder Heteropteratrue bugs
Homoptera, suborder Homopteraplant lice (aphids)
Lygaeidae, family Lygaeidaelygaeid bugs
Miridae, family Miridae, Capsidae, family Capsidaeleaf bugs
Notonectidae, family Notonectidaeaquatic carnivorous insects
Tingidae, family Tingidaelace bugs
hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteroninsects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishhemípteros
CatalanHemiptera, Hemípter, hemípters

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