Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun true_bug

1 sense of true bug

Sense 1
true bug -- (any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera)
       => hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteron -- (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)