Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hemipteran.
- noun A heteropteran.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various insects of the order
Hemiptera and in particular of the suborderHeteroptera , that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word true bug.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
thtownse commented on the word true bug
There is something about this that I really like. It has a noble kind of sound. A noble, and true bug.
April 2, 2010
yarb commented on the word true bug
Agreed.
April 2, 2010
bilby commented on the word true bug
Spoken like a true windshield.
April 2, 2010
reesetee commented on the word true bug
Ha!
April 2, 2010
thtownse commented on the word true bug
I suppose for this one instead of "etymologies" we need a link for "Entomologies".
Ha.
Ha ha.
April 6, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word true bug
Ha!
April 6, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word true bug
I agree. Sounds noble to me, too.
April 7, 2010