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homopteran
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun homopteran has 1 sense
- homopteran(n = noun.animal) homopterous insect - insects having membranous forewings and hind wings; Array is a kind of insect
is a member of homoptera, suborder homoptera
has particulars: whitefly, coccid insect, louse, plant louse, cicada, cicala, spittle insect, spittlebug, leafhopper, plant hopper, planthopper
OXFORD DICTIONARY
homopteran, n. any insect of the suborder Homoptera, including aphids and cicadas, with wings of uniform texture (cf. HETEROPTERAN).
Derivative
homopterous adj.
Etymology
HOMO- + Gk pteron wing
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