| 单词 | homopteran |
| 释义 | homopteran (once / 11819311 pages) n WORD FAMILY homopteran n insects having membranous forewings and hind wings Syn|Hypo|Hyper homopterous insect whitefly minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects coccid insectscale insects and mealybugs louse, plant louseany of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants cicada, cicalastout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone spittle insect, spittlebugsmall leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete leafhoppersmall leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants plant hopper, planthopperrelated to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants Dialeurodes citri, citrus whiteflywhitefly that attacks citrus trees Trialeurodes vaporariorum, greenhouse whiteflywhitefly that inhabits greenhouses sweet-potato whiteflya variety of whitefly scale insectsmall homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering mealy bug, mealybugscalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees aphidany of various small plant-sucking insects adelgidany of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers Phylloxera vitifoleae, grape louse, grape phylloxeradestructive to various grape plants jumping plant louse, psylla, psyllidsmall active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices dog-day cicada, harvest flyits distinctive song is heard during July and August Magicicada septendecim, periodical cicada, seventeen-year locustNorth American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature froghoppera variety of spittlebug Philaenus spumarius, meadow spittlebugNorth American insect that severely damages grasses pine spittlebugNorth American insect that attacks pines Aphrophora saratogensis, Saratoga spittlebugfeeds on pines in northern United States jassida variety of leafhopper treehoppersmall leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs lantern fly, lantern-flylarge brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light oak blighta black plant louse that lives on oaks and dogwoods insect small air-breathing arthropod |
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