homopteran

ho·mop·ter·an

H0259700 (hō-mŏp′tər-ən)n. Any of numerous plant-feeding insects belonging to the former order Homoptera, such as the cicadas, aphids, and scale insects, usually having membranous forewings and including all hemipterans not in the order Heteroptera.

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[From New Latin Homoptera, order name : Greek homo-, homo- + Greek pteron, wing; see -pter.]

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ho·mop′ter·an, ho·mop′ter·ous (-tə-rəs) adj.

ho•mop•ter•an

(həˈmɒp tər ən, hoʊ-)

adj. 1. homopterous. n. 2. a homopterous insect. [1835–45]

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homopteran - insects having membranous forewings and hind wingshomopterous insectinsect - small air-breathing arthropodHomoptera, suborder Homoptera - plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insectswhitefly - minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insectscoccid insect - scale insects and mealybugsplant louse, louse - any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plantscicada, cicala - stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched dronespittle insect, spittlebug - small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secreteleafhopper - small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plantsplant hopper, planthopper - related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants