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HOMOPTERAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Insects having membranous forewings and hind wings
Synonyms:
homopteran; homopterous insect
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("homopteran" is a kind of...):
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homopteran"):
whitefly (minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects)
coccid insect (scale insects and mealybugs)
louse; plant louse (any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants)
cicada; cicala (stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone)
spittle insect; spittlebug (small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete)
leafhopper (small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants)
plant hopper; planthopper (related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants)
Holonyms ("homopteran" is a member of...):
Homoptera; suborder Homoptera (plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects)
