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Noun: hemipteron
  1. Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
    "Stink bugs are a common type of hemipteron";
    - hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran

Derived forms: hemipterons

Type of: insect

Part of: Hemiptera, order Hemiptera

Encyclopedia: Hemipteron