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Answer for the clue "True bugs ", 11 letters:
heteroptera

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heteroptera \Het`e*rop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? other + ? a wing.] (Zo["o]l.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera .

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The Heteroptera are a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the order Hemiptera . Sometimes called " true bugs ", that name more commonly refers to the Hemiptera as a whole, and "typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal alternative since ...