heteropterous

[ het-uh-rop-ter-uhs ]

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the Heteroptera, in some classifications a suborder of hemipterous insects comprising the true bugs.

heteropterous

/ ˌhɛtəˈrɒptərəs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Heteroptera, a suborder of hemipterous insects, including bedbugs, water bugs, etc, in which the forewings are membranous but have leathery tips Compare homopterous

Word History and Origins

Origin of heteropterous¹

1890–95; < New Latin Heteropter ( a ) + -ous. See hetero-, -pterous

Word History and Origins

Origin of heteropterous¹

C19: from New Latin Heteroptera, from hetero- + Greek pteron wing

Example Sentences

Both Heteropterous and Homopterous genera have been described from the Carboniferous, but the true nature of some of these is doubtful.

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Tingis, tin′jis, n. a genus of heteropterous insects.

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These are the true bugs, and belong to the sub-division called Heteropterous Hemiptera.

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Of course I couldn’t, for example, discourse with authority upon the heteropterous mictidæ or tell you in what genus or genera the prothorax and femora are digitate; or whether climatic and polymorphic forms of certain diurnal lepidoptera occur within certain boreal limits.

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Heteropterous: with wings of different texture in different parts.

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