English noun: hemipterous insect | |||
1. | hemipterous insect (animal) insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis | ||
Synonyms | bug, hemipteran, hemipteron | ||
Broader (hypernym) | insect | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | backswimmer, bed bug, bedbug, chinch, Cimex lectularius, coreid, coreid bug, leaf bug, lygaeid, lygaeid bug, Notonecta undulata, plant bug, true bug | ||
Member meronym | Hemiptera, order Hemiptera | ||