Definition of "hemipteran" []

• Hemipterous. (adjective)
• A hemipterous insect; a true bug. (noun)

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• "Probably a type of hemipteran, like kissing bugs -- which is what is believed to have killed Charles Darwin."
• "Zhang C, Liu Z, Zhang Y (2009) Characterization of putative soluble and membrane-bound trehalases in a hemipteran insect,"
• "A fellow hemipteran insect, the Fiery Beaked Lantern Bug, like the cicada was resting on another tree trunk."