hemipteran

Meanings

Plural: hemipterans

Noun

• insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
• A hemipter.

Adj

• Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous

Synonyms

bug, hemipteron, hemipterous insect

Related Words

archaeognathan, beetle, blattodean, booklice, butterflies and moth, caddis flies, cockroach and termite, coleopteran, damselflies and dragonflies, dermapteran, dipteran, earwig, embiopteran, ephemeropteran, flea, flies, grylloblattodean, hemipterist, hemipterologist, hemipterology, hymenopteran, ice crawler, jumping bristletail, lepidopteran, mantis, mantodean, mantophasmid, mayflies, mecopteran, megalopteran, neuropteran, odonatan, orthopteran, phasmatodean, plecopteran, psocodean, raphidiopteran, scorpionflies, silverfish, siphonapteran, snakeflies, stick insect, stoneflies, strepsipteran, thrips, thysanopteran, trichopteran, true bug, webspinner, zorapteran, zygentoman