homopterous


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.
[From New Latin Homoptera, order name : Greek homo-, homo- + Greek pteron, wing; see -pter.]
ho·mop′ter·an, ho·mop′ter·ous (-tə-rəs) adj.

homopterous

(həʊˈmɒptərəs) (həʊˈmɒptərən) or

homopteran

adj (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Homoptera, a suborder of hemipterous insects, including cicadas, aphids, and scale insects, having wings of a uniform texture held over the back at rest. Compare heteropterous[C19: from Greek homopteros, from homo- + pteron wing]

ho•mop•ter•ous

(həˈmɒp tər əs, hoʊ-)

adj. belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of sucking insects, including aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, and scale insects, that have membranous forewings and hind wings. [1820–30; homo- + -pterous]