homoptera

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun homoptera has 1 sense

homoptera(n = noun.animal) suborder homoptera - plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects; Array

is a kind of animal order

is a member of hemiptera, order hemiptera

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CIDE DICTIONARY

homoptera, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. the same, like + wing.].

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]

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