1. insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis; [syn: hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteron]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hemipterous insect
n 1: insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and
leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
[syn: hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran,
hemipteron]