WordNet
homopterous insect
n. insects having membranous forewings and hind wings [syn: homopteran]
Usage examples of "homopterous insect".
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.