"true bug" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: true bugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} true bug (plural true bugs)
  1. Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera, that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking. Wikipedia link: true bug Categories (lifeform): True bugs Hypernyms: animal, arthropod, insect, paraneopteran Hyponyms (insects in Hemiptera): aphid, assassin bug, cicada, leafhopper, moss bug, planthopper, shield bug, spittlebug Related terms: true water bug Translations (any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera): wants [masculine] (Dutch), cimo (Esperanto), luteet (Finnish), hétéroptère (French), Wanze (German), פִּשְׁפֵּשׁ (pishpésh) [masculine] (Hebrew), pluskwiak [masculine] (Polish), клоп (klop) [masculine] (Russian), มวน (muuan) (Thai)

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