true bug en · NOUN
Meanings
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Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially those of the suborder Heteroptera, that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking.
Fig. 16 is the striped or cucumber-bug, as it is improperly called, but which is in reality a beetle, while fig. 17, the squash-bug, is a true bug, being without jaws or mouth, except a long slender tube, fitted for piercing and sucking the sap of plants.
1858, “Insects Injurious to Vegetation”, in The (old) Farmer's Almanack, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| true bugs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
arthropod · invertebrate · insect · animal · paraneopteran · creature · bug · critter
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Synonyms
Translations (11)
fi luteet (any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera) · sl stenica (any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera) · fr hétéroptère (any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera) · no tege (any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera) · he פִּשְׁפֵּשׁ (any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera) · eo cimo (any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera) · de Wanze (any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera) · th มวน (any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera) · ru клоп (any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera) · pl pluskwiak (any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera) · nl wants (any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera)