hemiptern.
/hɪˈmɪptə/ One of the Hemiptera.
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) The hemipters form an order of insects with the upper wings usually half crustaceous and half membranaceous, and incumbent on each other.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 420 Hemipters have the outer wings coriaceous for about half their length only.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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