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| he·mip·ter·an [ hə míptərən ] (plural he·mip·ter·ans) |
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insect belonging to bug order: any insect that has mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking and two pairs of wings, belonging to an order that includes stinkbugs, bedbugs, and other true bugs. Order Hemiptera.
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| [Late 19th century. < modern Latin Hemiptera, literally "with half a wing" < Greek pteron "wing"; from the partly hardened forewings of bugs] |
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