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Definition of Treehopper
1. Noun. Small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs.
Definition of Treehopper
1. Noun. An insect of the family Membracidae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Treehopper
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Treehopper
Literary usage of Treehopper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rambles and Observations in New South Wales by Joseph Phipps Townsend (1849)
"... on which the writers have bestowed the name of the " treehopper." In the latter
work is the following passage: — "It is to the treehopper, ..."
2. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"Among these the most common is the Buffalo treehopper (Ceresa bubalus Fab., Fig.
181) found practically everywhere in the United States except perhaps ..."
3. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society, British Soviet Friendship Society (1906)
"Prune out twigs on which eggs of plant-lice are numerous, also those containing
eggs of tree-cricket and buffalo treehopper. Fill up cavities in trunks with ..."
4. The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1872)
"Thus by the croaking of the tree-toad at noonday she augurs an approaching shower,
by the chirping of the green nocturnal treehopper she proclaims the ..."
5. Insect Miscellanies.. by James Rennie (1831)
"It is to the treehopper, and not to the grasshopper, that these lines of Anacreon
apply: Happy creature! what below Can live more happily than thou ? ..."
6. Daily Paragraph Editing, Grade 2by Kristen Kunkel by Kristen Kunkel (2004)
"The treehopper This insect is hard to find because it looks like a thorn or part
of the plant. After the eggs hatch, the nymphs suck out the plant juices. ..."
7. Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustrating the Perfections of God, in by Henry Duncan (1847)
"During part of the day we hear a vast and uninterrupted hum, in which the deafening
cry of the treehopper prevails, and you cannot take a step, ..."
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