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Noun: Hemiptera  hi'mip-tu-ru
  1. Plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas)
    - order Hemiptera

Type of: animal order

Part of: class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta

Encyclopedia: Hemiptera

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hemiplegia
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Hemiprocnidae
Hemiptera
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Hemipteronatus
Hemipteronatus novacula
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Hemiramphidae
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