hemipteran n 1: insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis [syn: {hemipterous insect}, {bug}, {hemipteran}, {hemipteron}]
Hemipteran \He*mip"ter*an\, n. (Zool.) One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter. [1913 Webster]