Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having wings of the same or like texture throughout; specifically, pertaining to or having the characters of the Homoptera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Homoptera.
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- adjective zoology Of or pertaining to the Homoptera, a former
suborder ofinsects .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A similar but much smaller homopterous insect, of the family
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Aphids, leafhoppers, psyllids, whiteflies, scale insects, and other homopterous pests are sensitive to neem products to varying degrees.
5 Effects on Insects 1992
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Neem derivatives may also influence the ability of homopterous insects to carry and transmit certain viruses.
5 Effects on Insects 1992
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Amongst insects there are innumerable similar instances; thus Linnæus, misled by external appearances, actually classed an homopterous insect as a moth.
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A case of mimicry where a homopterous resembles a leaf-cutting ant 332 117.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions George John Romanes 1871
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So that both the form and the colouring of the homopterous insect has been brought to resemble, with singular exactness, those belonging to a different order of insect, when the latter is engaged in its peculiar avocation.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions George John Romanes 1871
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For it has been recently observed by Mr.W. L. Sclater, that in the localities where these hymenopterous insects occur, there occurs also a _homopterous_ insect which mimics the ant, leaf and all, in a wonderfully deceptive manner.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions George John Romanes 1871
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Amongst insects there are innumerable instances: thus Linnaeus, misled by external appearances, actually classed an homopterous insect as a moth.
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Amongst insects there are innumerable instances: thus Linnaeus, misled by external appearances, actually classed an homopterous insect as a moth.
On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 13 (historical) Charles Darwin 1859
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In that region of the world the leaf-cutting ants present a very characteristic appearance as the column proceeds homewards, each ant carrying a piece of leaf held vertically in its jaws; and a homopterous insect has been found that faithfully resembles an ant bearing its burden.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855
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