Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of tree-hoppers, typical of the family Membracidæ, having the two forward pairs of tibiæ) broadly flattened and fitted very closely against the breast.
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Examples
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But the young of our bittersweet membracis are not thus fickle, the entire life of the insect being spent on the plant.
My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873
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Our largest membracis is to be seen -- with difficulty -- on the terminal twigs of the locust-tree, its outlines so exactly imitating the thorny growths of the branch as to escape detection even by the closest scrutiny.
My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873
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The membracis belongs to the tribe of "Bugs," Hemiptera, which implies that it possesses a beak instead of jaws, by which it sucks the sap of plants, precisely like the aphis, or plant-louse.
My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873
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