Cercopidae
plural noun
Cer·cop·i·dae
(ˌ)sərˈkäpəˌdē
: a family of insects (suborder Homoptera) including the froghoppers that suck the juices of plants and live in a mass of froth which they secrete
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Cercopis, type genus (probably modification of Greek kerkōpē long-tailed cicada, alteration of kerkōps, a long-tailed ape & Kerkōps, one of a pair of malicious brothers captured by Heracles, from kerk- cerc- + ōps eye, face) + -idae
- leopard's heads
- leopard's-bane
- leopard's-banes
- leopard-skin chief
- leopardbane
- leopardbanes
- leopardess
- leopardesses
- Leopardi
- leopardine
- leopards
- leopards' faces
- leopards' heads
- leopardwood
- Leopold I
- Leopold II
- Leopold II, Lake
- Leopold III
- Leopoldinia
- leopoldite
- leopoldvilles
- leos
- leotard
- leotarded
- leotards