Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Homoptera"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Homoptera \Ho*mop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the same, like
+ ? wing.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Homoptera
n : plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant
hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects
[syn: {Homoptera}, {suborder Homoptera}]
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