hemiptera
- n plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas)
hemipteran
- n insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
hemipteron
- n insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
hemipterous insect
- n insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
hemiramphidae
- n halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide
hemisphere
- n half of the terrestrial globe
- n half of a sphere
- n either half of the cerebrum
hemitripterus americanus
- n large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught
hemizygos vein
- n a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein
hemizygous vein
- n a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein