Hemiptera

[ hi-mip-ter-uh ]

noun

1. the order comprising the true bugs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hemiptera¹

1810–20; < New Latin (neuter plural); hemi-, -pterous

Example Sentences

They are all species or varieties of the Linnean order Hemiptera, and genus Coccus.

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Almost all the Hemiptera are among these; we have already mentioned them.

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The study of the Hemiptera has hitherto been sadly neglected, owing to the great majority of them being very small species.

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The Heteroptera constitute the first sub-order of the Hemiptera.

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This term may be applied to the Mesothorax in heteropterous Hemiptera, in which that part lies buried under the Prothorax.

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