What is the meaning of Hemiptera?

Plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e. G., aphids, plant lice and cicadas.
- synonyms: order Hemiptera
Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis.
- synonyms: hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteron

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