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HETEROPTERA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

True bugs

Synonyms:

Heteroptera; suborder Heteroptera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Heteroptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Heteroptera"):

heteropterous insect (true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips)

Belostomatidae; family Belostomatidae (water bugs)

family Nepidae; Nepidae (water scorpions)

Corixidae; family Corixidae (water bugs)

family Gerridae; family Gerrididae; Gerridae; Gerrididae (an arthropod family that includes water striders)

family Reduviidae; Reduviidae (assassin bugs)

family Pyrrhocoridae; Pyrrhocoridae (firebugs)

Holonyms ("Heteroptera" is a member of...):

Hemiptera; order Hemiptera (plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas))

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