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treehopper

n. An insect of the family Membracidae.

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treehopper

n. small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs

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Treehopper

Treehoppers (more precisely typical treehoppers to distinguish them from the Aetalionidae) and thorn bugs are members of the family Membracidae, a group of insects related to the cicadas and the leafhoppers. About 3,200 species of treehoppers in over 400 genera are known. They are found on all continents except Antarctica; only three species are known from Europe. Individual treehoppers usually live for only a few months.

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Silence from the people, and the nervous chattering of a treehopper, who cared nothing for ceremony.

The hunters would be after a-alli today, the small treehoppers of karpla's last hunt.