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HETEROPTERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
True bugs
Synonyms:
Heteroptera; suborder Heteroptera
Classified under:
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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