insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis | plant bugs, bedbugs, some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas) |
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate | |
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use | |
a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly | |
a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine | |