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Definition of Homoptera
1. Noun. Plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Hemiptera, Order Hemiptera
Member holonyms: Homopteran, Homopterous Insect, Aleyrodidae, Family Aleyrodidae, Coccoidea, Superfamily Coccoidea, Aphidoidea, Superfamily Aphidoidea, Chermidae, Family Chermidae, Family Psyllidae, Psyllidae, Cicadidae, Family Cicadidae, Cercopidae, Family Cercopidae, Cicadellidae, Family Cicadellidae, Family Jassidae, Jassidae, Family Membracidae, Membracidae, Family Fulgoridae, Fulgoridae
Definition of Homoptera
1. n. pl. 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.
Medical Definition of Homoptera
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Homoptera
Literary usage of Homoptera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"CHAPTER XXVI THE homoptera The homoptera is a large group containing insects ...
These facts may be summarized as follows: The homoptera are sucking insects ..."
2. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"The homoptera is a large group of insects. No one knows how large. The plant-lice
and the scale insects of Europe and North America have been rather well ..."
3. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"... NY In the homoptera as in other branches of our favorite science a solid
foundation was laid by that illustrious pioneer of American entomology, ..."
4. A Monograph of the Jumping Plant-lice: Or Psyllidæ, of the New World by David Livingston Crawford (1914)
"RELATIONS TO OTHER homoptera. It seems apparent from the morphological studies on
... Many things point to a close relationship with the higher homoptera, ..."
5. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1871)
"... of which the meaning is not understood — Difference in size between the sexes —
Thysanura — Diptera — Hemiptera — homoptera, musical powers possessed by ..."
6. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1901)
"The discal spots of both wings are represented beneath by a sort of rosette.
THE LARVA OF homoptera ..."
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