hemipteron

noun

he·​mip·​ter·​on

variants or less commonly hemipteran

-rən 

plural -s

: one of the Hemiptera

Word History

Etymology

hemipteron, New Latin, back-formation from Hemiptera; hemipteran from New Latin Hemiptera + English -an

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