Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Ho·mop·tera Pronunciation:
hO-'mäp-t&-r& Function:
noun plural : a large suborder of Hemiptera or sometimes a separateorder of insects comprising the cicadas, lantern flies, leafhoppers, spittlebugs, treehoppers, aphids, psyllas, whiteflies, and scale insects which have a small prothorax and sucking mouthpartsconsisting of a jointed beak and which undergo incomplete metamorphosis —compare
HETEROPTERA —
ho·mop·ter·an /-r&n/ noun or adjective —
ho·mop·ter·ous /-r&s/ adjective
