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Cicadas
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homoptera
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Word definitions for homoptera in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Homoptera is a suborder of order Hemiptera that is considered by some taxonomists to be paraphyletic , and therefore deprecated (obsolete). It was therefore split into the suborders Sternorrhyncha , Auchenorrhyncha , and Coleorrhyncha . The earlier work ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International 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 .
Usage examples of homoptera.
These consisted chiefly of Diptera, with some Hymenoptera, Homoptera, Coleoptera, and a moth.