hemipterous,a.Entom.|hɪˈmɪptərəs| [f. Hemiptera + -ous.] Pertaining to or characteristic of the Hemiptera. 1816Kirby & Sp.Entomol. (1843) I. 257 The hemipterous order of insects.1880Athenæum 30 Oct. 574/1 Specimens of..an Hemipterous insect supposed to be damaging the hops grown near Canterbury.