Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A wingless or four-winged insect of the order Hemiptera, especially of the suborder Heteroptera, including the bedbug, louse, and chinch bug, having mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera, that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera
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Hedgepiglet
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frogapplause I agree. Sounds noble to me, too. Apr 7, 2010
ruzuzu Ha! Apr 5, 2010
thtownse I suppose for this one instead of "etymologies" we need a link for "Entomologies".
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reesetee Ha! Apr 2, 2010
bilby Spoken like a true windshield. Apr 2, 2010
yarb Agreed. Apr 1, 2010
thtownse There is something about this that I really like. It has a noble kind of sound. A noble, and true bug. Apr 1, 2010