The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heteroptera \Het`e*rop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? other + ? a wing.] (Zool.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Heteroptera n 1: true bugs [syn: Heteroptera, suborder Heteroptera]