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belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of insects closely related to the hemipterous insects (in some classifications a suborder of Hemiptera) but having membranous forewings and hind wings, including the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and scale insects.
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| homopterous or homopteran (həʊˈmɒptərəs) | |
| —adj | |
| Compare heteropterous of, relating to, or belonging to the Homoptera, a suborder of hemipterous insects, including cicadas, aphids, and scale insects, having wings of a uniform texture held over the back at rest | |
| [C19: from Greek homopteros, from | |
| homopteran or homopteran | |
| —adj | |
| [C19: from Greek homopteros, from | |
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