Definition of homoptera Homoptera
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We found 4 definitions of homoptera from 4 different sources.
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What does homoptera mean?
WordNet
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| homoptera - plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects | ||
| suborder Homoptera | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| hemiptera, order hemiptera plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas) | ||
| homopteran, homopterous insect insects having membranous forewings and hind wings | ||
| aleyrodidae, family aleyrodidae whiteflies | ||
| coccoidea, superfamily coccoidea scale insects and mealybugs | ||
| aphidoidea, superfamily aphidoidea plant lice | ||
| chermidae, family chermidae, family psyllidae, psyllidae jumping plant lice | ||
| cicadidae, family cicadidae cicadas | ||
| cercopidae, family cercopidae froghoppers or spittlebugs | ||
| cicadellidae, family cicadellidae leafhoppers | ||
| family jassidae, jassidae family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications | ||
| family membracidae, membracidae plant hoppers: treehoppers | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- homoptera (n. pl.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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homoptera
hom-op′tėr-a, n. an order of insects having two pair of wings uniform throughout.—adj. Homop′terous. [Gr. homos, the same, pteron, a wing.]
Part of speech
🔤- homoptera, noun, singular of homopteras / homopterae.
