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hemipterous
[hi-mip-ter-uhs]
adjective
belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
belonging or pertaining to the order Hemiptera, in some classifications comprising the heteropterous and homopterous insects.
hemipterous
/ ɪˈɪəə /
adjective
of, relating to, or belonging to the Hemiptera, a large order of insects having sucking or piercing mouthparts specialized as a beak (rostrum). The group is divided into the suborders Homoptera (aphids, cicadas, etc) and Heteroptera (water bugs, bedbugs, etc)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hemipterous1
Example Sentences
Eugereon is a remarkable Permian fossil, with jaws that are typically hemipterous except that the second maxillae are not fused and with cockroach-like wings.
An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; Ð so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat.
Scalpel′lum, one of the four filamentous organs in the proboscis of hemipterous insects:—pl.
Stridūlan′tia, a group of hemipterous insects, the cicadas.—v.i.
Rhinortha, rī-nor′tha, n. a genus of cuckoos: a genus of hemipterous insects.
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