true bug
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Noun edit
- Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera, that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking.
- 1858, “Insects Injurious to Vegetation”, in The (old) Farmer's Almanack, page 37:
- Fig. 16 is the striped or cucumber-bug, as it is improperly called, but which is in reality a beetle, while fig. 17, the squash-bug, is a true bug, being without jaws or mouth, except a long slender tube, fitted for piercing and sucking the sap of plants.
Hypernyms edit
Hyponyms edit
- (insects in Hemiptera): aphid, assassin bug, cicada, leafhopper, moss bug, planthopper, shield bug, spittlebug
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Translations edit
any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera