Noun: hemipteran
- Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
"Stink bugs are a common type of hemipteran";
- hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteron
Derived forms: hemipterans
Type of: insect
Part of: Hemiptera, order Hemiptera
Encyclopedia: Hemipteran