homoptera
NounSynonyms:
suborder Homoptera
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Noun (1)
- plant lice (aphids), whiteflies, cicadas, leafhoppers, plant hoppers, scale insects and mealybugs, spittle insectsSynonyms: suborder HomopteraType of animal orderMember of Hemiptera, order HemipteraMembers Cercopidae, Jassidae, Coccoidea, Psyllidae, Membracidae, Aleyrodidae, Cicadellidae, Cicadidae +3 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ho·mop′te·ra plural noun
Origin: NL., fr. Gr. … the same, like + … wing.
Zoology 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54