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Webster 1913 Edition


Heteroptera

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Hetˊe-rop′te-ra

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] other + [GREEK] a wing.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See
Hemiptera
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