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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Half-winged—that is, having the fore wings partly membranous and partly coriaceous or chitinous; specifically, of or pertaining to or having the characters of the Hemiptera; found in or characterizing the Hemiptera. Also hemipteral.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran

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