Defn: One of the Heteroptera.
HETEROPTERA
Het`e*rop"te*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.
HETEROPTICS
Het`er*op"tics, n. Etym: [Hetero- + optics.]
Defn: False optics. Spectator.
HETEROSCIAN
Het`er*os"cian, n. Etym: [Gr. hétéroscien.]
Defn: One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; — so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).
HETEROSIS
Het`e*ro"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me" Aytoun.
HETEROSOMATI
Het`e*ro*so"ma*ti, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)