Homoptera — noun plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects • Syn: ↑suborder Homoptera • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Hemiptera, ↑order Hemiptera … Useful english dictionary
Homoptera — Ho*mop te*ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the same, like + ? wing.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Homoptera — Ho·mop·tera hō mäp tə rə n pl a large suborder of Hemiptera or sometimes a separate order of insects comprising the cicadas, lantern flies, leafhoppers, spittlebugs, treehoppers, aphids, psyllas, whiteflies, and scale insects which have a small… … Medical dictionary
Aphid — This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Aphid (disambiguation). Aphids Temporal range: Permian–Present … Wikipedia
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
homopteran — n. any insect of the suborder Homoptera, including aphids and cicadas, with wings of uniform texture (cf. HETEROPTERAN). Derivatives: homopterous adj. Etymology: HOMO + Gk pteron wing * * * noun insects having membranous forewings and hind wings… … Useful english dictionary
Cercopidae — noun froghoppers or spittlebugs • Syn: ↑family Cercopidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Homoptera, ↑suborder Homoptera • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Hemiptera — noun plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas) • Syn: ↑order Hemiptera • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
order Hemiptera — noun plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas) • Syn: ↑Hemiptera • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Aphidoidea — noun plant lice • Syn: ↑superfamily Aphidoidea • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Homoptera, ↑suborder Homoptera • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
