Heteroptera

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heteroptera \Het`e*rop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? other + ?
     a wing.] (Zool.)
     A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior
     wings is thickened. See {Hemiptera}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Heteroptera
       n : true bugs [syn: {suborder Heteroptera}]