heteroptera

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heteroptera - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heteroptera \Het`e*rop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? other + ?
     a wing.] (Zool.)
     A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior
     wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.
     [1913 Webster]

heteroptera - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Heteroptera
      n 1: true bugs [syn: Heteroptera, suborder Heteroptera]