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Homopterous

Homopterous \Ho*mop"ter*ous\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Homoptera.

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homopterous

a. (context zoology English) Of or pertaining to the Homoptera, a former suborder of insects.

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Usage examples of "homopterous".

Amongst insects there are innumerable instances: thus Linnaeus, misled by external appearances, actually classed an homopterous insect as a moth.

Professor Shaler states that it is indistinguishable from that made by the male of a large Cicada (an Homopterous insect), which inhabits the same district.