true bug

/tru bəg/
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Other forms: true bugs

Definitions of true bug
  1. noun
    any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera
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    type of:
    bug, hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect
    insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
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