cryptocerous
Entomology rare
adjective
(Of a heteropteran water bug) having hidden antennae; specifically belonging to the series Cryptocerata (or Hydrocorisae).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Henry McMurtrie (1793–1865).
- balloon head
- balloon-headed
- ballooning
- balloonism
- balloonist
- balloon-letter
- balloon-like
- balloon mortgage
- balloonomania
- balloon payment
- balloon post
- balloon satellite
- balloon shade
- balloon-shaped
- balloon silk
- balloon tyre
- balloon-tyred
- balloon vine
- balloon whisk
- balloony
- ballop
- ballot
- Ballota
- ballotable
- ballotade