Associations to the word «Hemiptera»

Wiktionary

HEMIPTERA, proper noun. A taxonomic order within the superorder Condylognatha   — the true bugs.

Dictionary definition

HEMIPTERA, noun. Plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats