true bug

1. 1.

   any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera

   Broaderhemipterous insect

Questions about true bug

What does true bug mean?

true bug means "any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera".

Is true bug a common word?

true bug is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.