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plant hopper

DEFINITIONS OF: plant hopper

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n related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants

Synonyms:
planthopper
Types:
treehopper
small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs
lantern fly, lantern-fly
large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light
Type of:
homopteran, homopterous insect
insects having membranous forewings and hind wings
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