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Noun: hemipterous insect
  1. Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
    - bug, hemipteran, hemipteron

Derived forms: hemipterous insects

Type of: insect

Part of: Hemiptera, order Hemiptera

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hemiplegia
hemiplegic
hemipode
Hemiprocnidae
Hemiptera
hemipteran
hemipteron
Hemipteronatus
Hemipteronatus novacula
hemipterous
hemipterous insect
Hemiramphidae
hemisphere
hemispheric
hemispherical
hemistich
hemitin
Hemitripterus
Hemitripterus americanus
hemizygos vein
hemizygous