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Webster 1913 Edition
Hemiptera
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He-mip′te-ra
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] half + [GREEK] wing, fr. [GREEK] to fly.]
(Zool.)
An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others.