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HETEROPTEROUS INSECT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
True bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("heteropterous insect" is a kind of...):
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heteropterous insect"):
water bug (a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water)
assassin bug; reduviid (a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals)
firebug (a true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain)
cotton stainer (a true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton)
Holonyms ("heteropterous insect" is a member of...):
Heteroptera; suborder Heteroptera (true bugs)
