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[syn: Homoptera, suborder Homoptera]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Homoptera \Ho*mop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the same, like
+ ? wing.] (Zool.)
A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are
similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the
cicada. See Hemiptera.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Homoptera
n 1: plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers;
plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects
[syn: Homoptera, suborder Homoptera]