heteroptera Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun true bugs
    suborder Heteroptera.

WordNet

Het`e*rop"te*ra noun plural
Etymology
NL., from Gr. other + a wing.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.

Webster 1913