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TRUE BUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does true bug mean?
• TRUE BUG (noun)
The noun TRUE BUG has 1 sense:
1. any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera
Familiarity information: TRUE BUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("true bug" is a kind of...):
bug; hemipteran; hemipteron; hemipterous insect (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)
Context examples
A taxonomic class of arthropods that includes praying mantises, dragonflies, grasshoppers, true bugs, flies, bees, wasps, ants, butterflies, moths, and beetles.
(Insect, NCI Thesaurus)
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