Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HETEROPTERA
Het `e *rop "te *ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Heteroptera
Het er op ter a |ˌhetəˈräptərə ˌhɛdəˈrɑptərə |Entomology a group of true bugs in which the forewings are nonuniform, having a thickened base and membranous tip. The predatory and water bugs belong to this group, as well as many plant bugs. Compare with Homoptera. [Suborder Heteroptera, order Hemiptera. ] • (as plural noun heteroptera ) bugs of this group. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek heteros ‘other ’ + pteron ‘wing. ’
heteropteran
het er op ter an |ˌhetəˈräptərən ˌhɛtəˈrɑptərən |Entomology ▶noun a bug of the group Heteroptera. ▶adjective relating to or denoting heteropterans. DERIVATIVES het er op ter ous |-ˈräptərəs |adjective
Oxford Dictionary
Heteroptera
Heteroptera |ˌhɛtəˈrɒpt (ə )rə | ▶plural noun Entomology a group of true bugs comprising those in which the forewings are non-uniform, having a thickened base and membranous tip. The predatory and water bugs belong to this group, as well as many plant bugs. Compare with Homoptera. ●Suborder Heteroptera, order Hemiptera. • ( heteroptera ) bugs of the Heteroptera group. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek heteros ‘other ’ + pteron ‘wing ’.
heteropteran
heteropteran |ˌhɛtəˈrɒpt (ə )r (ə )n |Entomology ▶noun a bug of the group Heteroptera. ▶adjective relating to or denoting heteropterans. DERIVATIVES heteropterous adjective
Duden Dictionary
Heteroptera
He te ro p te ra , He te rop te ra Pluralwort Zoologie , die Heteropteren |Heter o ptera |die Heteroptera (Plural ) Wanzen
The Wordsmith Dictionary