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true bug

true bug noun: any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially those of the suborder Heteroptera, that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking.

true bug: any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially those of the suborder Heteroptera,...
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Noun

true bug (plural true bugs)

  1. Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially those of the suborder Heteroptera, that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking.
    • Fig. 16 is the striped or cucumber-bug, as it is improperly called, but which is in reality a beetle, while fig. 17, the squash-bug, is a true bug, being without jaws or mouth, except a long slender tube, fitted for piercing and sucking the sap of plants.1858, “Insects Injurious to Vegetation”, in The (old) Farmer's Almanack, page 37
    Synonyms:
    bug

true bug meaning in Tamil and Thai

true bug in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்

true bug in Thai

any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera
มวน muuan

Synonyms of true bug

Forms of true bug

pluraltrue bugs

Questions about true bug

What does true bug mean?
True bug means any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially those of the suborder Heteroptera, that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking.
What is true bug in Tamil?
True bug in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See True bug meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is true bug?
True bug is a noun.
What is the plural of true bug?
The plural of true bug is true bugs.

Words near true bug in the dictionary

  1. true believers
  2. true bill
  3. true bills
  4. true blue
  5. true blues
  6. true bug
  7. true bugs
  8. true civet
  9. true civets
  10. true cobra
  11. true cobras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: true bug (page history and authors); true bug (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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