HETEROPTEROUS INSECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heteropterous insect mean? 

• HETEROPTEROUS INSECT (noun)
  The noun HETEROPTEROUS INSECT has 1 sense:

1. true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips

  Familiarity information: HETEROPTEROUS INSECT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETEROPTEROUS INSECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

True bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)