HOMOPTERAN


Meaning of HOMOPTERAN in English

[ho.mop.ter.an] n [ultim. fr. Gk hom- + pteron wing--more at feather] (ca. 1842): any of a large order or suborder (Homoptera) of insects (as cicadas, aphids, and scale insects) that have sucking mouthparts -- homopteran adj -- ho.mop.ter.ous adj

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