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Webster 1913 Edition

Heteroptera

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Hetˊe-rop′te-ra

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] other + [GREEK] a wing.]

(Zool.)

A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See

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Definition 2024

Heteroptera

Heteroptera

Translingual

Proper noun

Heteroptera

A taxonomic suborder within the order Hemiptera – very many true bugs.

See also

Cimicomorpha
Dipsocoromorpha
Enicocephalomorpha
Gerromorpha
Leptopodomorpha
Nepomorpha
Pentatomomorpha