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Hemiptera
[ hi-mip-ter-uh ]
noun
- the order comprising the true bugs.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hemiptera1
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Example Sentences
They are all species or varieties of the Linnean order Hemiptera, and genus Coccus.
Almost all the Hemiptera are among these; we have already mentioned them.
The study of the Hemiptera has hitherto been sadly neglected, owing to the great majority of them being very small species.
The Heteroptera constitute the first sub-order of the Hemiptera.
This term may be applied to the Mesothorax in heteropterous Hemiptera, in which that part lies buried under the Prothorax.
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