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Meaning of HOMOPTERA

Pronunciation:  how'mâpturu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects
 
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 Synonyms: suborder Homoptera
 
 See Also: Aleyrodidae, animal order, Aphidoidea, Cercopidae, Chermidae, Cicadellidae, Cicadidae, Coccoidea, family Aleyrodidae, family Cercopidae, family Chermidae, family Cicadellidae, family Cicadidae, family Fulgoridae, family Jassidae, family Membracidae, family Psyllidae, Fulgoridae, Hemiptera, homopteran, homopterous insect, Jassidae, Membracidae, order Hemiptera, Psyllidae, superfamily Aphidoidea, superfamily Coccoidea

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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}.
 
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